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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?
(a) To ask about her husband and her home.
(b) To pay the rent.
(c) To get help.
(d) To get her rent back.

2. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?
(a) He gives her money and a cup of tea.
(b) He tells her to go home.
(c) He makes her empty promises.
(d) He yells at her.

3. Miss Foster says the phrase "..pick up the weself" when telling Bob's mother and G.'s mother about the flood. What does "weself" mean?
(a) Photos of them when they were little.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Little children.
(d) They do not know what she means.

4. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?
(a) The neighbor boys are peeking at him over the fence.
(b) He is too fat.
(c) He is too skinny.
(d) His mother is babying him.

5. What do the village boys do for fun and adventure on the railroad tracks?
(a) Run after trains to try and jump on.
(b) Jump over the tracks.
(c) Lie down on the tracks.
(d) Put pins and nails on the track to be flattened into knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?

2. Who are Pa and Ma?

3. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?

4. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?

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

(see the answer key)

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