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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, G. goes to Pa's house and they begin to discuss how the village has changed. G. went to visit Pa to tell him something. What was it?
(a) He is joining the police force.
(b) He is the new headmaster.
(c) He is getting married.
(d) He is going away.

2. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?
(a) He realizes that they are in an ants' nest.
(b) They are sitting on a wasps' nest.
(c) He sees a couple kissing.
(d) The overseer is coming.

3. The village overseers are given special favors. What is one favor given?
(a) The law does not apply to them.
(b) Owning the land their house is on after 20 years.
(c) Free food after working 10 years.
(d) Freedom from traffic tickets.

4. Why does G.'s mother give him a lashing when he stops at the corner to say hello to Bob?
(a) The corner is where delinquents hang out.
(b) He does not stay long enough.
(c) Bob does not want him to say hello.
(d) He will get mud on his shoes.

5. What does Pa think that Ma would not have believed if she were alive?
(a) Television.
(b) World War II.
(c) The way things have changed.
(d) How old he looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?

2. What does the young man, Barrow, decide to do for the war effort?

3. As Mr. Foster and Bob's father sit and discuss what the details might be of what is happening in the city, who is speaking in the road outside their homes, telling them her boy has been killed in the city?

4. What is going on in the city in Chapter 9 that the village is in fear of?

5. Who is the main protagonist in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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