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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in pursuit of Bob and Trumper when they reach the city?
(a) The landlord.
(b) The police.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The rioters.

2. Pa states that if you hear someone wanting to get back to Africa, what should you think?
(a) Hurry on a boat.
(b) All of your people should go.
(c) You do not belong there yet.
(d) He is a wise person.

3. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?
(a) Lobster boiled in chicken broth.
(b) Oysters and crabs.
(c) Cheesecake.
(d) Black pudding and souse.

4. Where do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. run to as they escape being chased in Chapter 7?
(a) The forest.
(b) The bathhouse.
(c) The open-air meeting.
(d) G.'s home.

5. What happens to Ma at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She falls over dead.
(b) She goes back to sleep.
(c) She has an anxiety attack.
(d) She laughs at Pa's words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?

2. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?

3. In Chapter 8, by the trash heap, what does the landlord speak to the old woman about?

4. Where is Ma having pain?

5. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?

(see the answer key)

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