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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is intimated will happen to the two women who go off with the constable after their fight?
(a) They try to escape.
(b) They fight again.
(c) They will not get arrested.
(d) They will get arrrested.

2. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?
(a) He is standing there, naked, for all to see.
(b) He made the fence come down.
(c) He laughs at the fence coming down.
(d) He won't help her.

3. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?
(a) Mr. Creighton.
(b) Moses.
(c) The king.
(d) God.

4. What happens to the Foster family?
(a) They lose their house in the flood.
(b) They emigrate to America.
(c) They adopt many children.
(d) They leave the village.

5. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) George Lamming.
(c) Dickens.
(d) J.B. Priestly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sanitary water inspector checking for?

2. When the shoemaker talks about Marcus Garvey in Chapter 5, why don't some people like it when he tells them they are brothers because he is from Africa?

3. When does G.'s mother sing?

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

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

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