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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Helga Braun?
(a) Bean's aunt.
(b) The owner of the charity kitchen.
(c) A new cook.
(d) Achilles' grandmother.

2. What is the purpose of Achilles' manipulations among the children of the crew?
(a) To get them to take responsibility for themselves.
(b) To help Poke maintain control of the group.
(c) To wrest loyalty of the crew members away from Poke.
(d) To keep the children from thinking about how hard their lives are.

3. What confuses Bean when he observes what Achilles does when Achilles meets with Poke?
(a) Seeing Achilles kiss Poke.
(b) Seeing Poke salute Achilles.
(c) Seeing Achilles slap Poke.
(d) Seeing Poke and Achilles split some money up into smaller bundles.

4. On what city's streets does Bean survive?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Cairo.
(c) London.
(d) Rotterdam.

5. What are the main drawbacks to Bean going to battle school?
(a) His small size and tiny voice.
(b) His unknown parentage.
(c) His lack of killer instinct.
(d) His happy-go-lucky nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Achilles help the younger children of Poke's crew?

2. Who does Helga Braun contact?

3. What do some of the older kids do at the soup kitchen?

4. What prompts Sister Carlotta to look into Bean's origins?

5. Who does Bean blame for the injuries of the hurt bully?

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