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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?
(a) Presents.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Phantoms.
(d) His grandparents.

2. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?
(a) She feels that the kitchen is in a mess.
(b) She has lost her money.
(c) She is hungry.
(d) She is in a lot of pain.

3. What is the headmaster's overwhelming feeling when he looks inside the envelope and thinks about its contents?
(a) Confusion as to what he should do.
(b) Fear over the contents.
(c) Guilt at what he sees.
(d) Love because of the photo he sees.

4. Where is the drinking water for the house kept?
(a) In a barrel.
(b) It had to be purchased.
(c) In the spring.
(d) In the faucet.

5. What had the head teacher's wife once done to him when he returned home drunk?
(a) She whipped him.
(b) She called the police.
(c) She threw him out.
(d) She threw his clothes out the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?

2. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?

3. In what way do Bambini and Bots become enemies?

4. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?

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

(see the answer key)

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