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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?
(a) They make a tunnel under the gate.
(b) He bribes the overseer for a key.
(c) The overseer leaves a key for Cutsie and he got it.
(d) He blackmails Mr. Slime for a key.

2. Who begins to approach G. after Boy Blue and Trumper leave the little boy's open-air conversion?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) Bob's father.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Trumper say Mr. Slime wants to put an end to?
(a) Landlord's rents.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Being "born again."
(d) Riots.

4. What does the shoemaker say the author J.B. Priestly prophesied?
(a) World War I.
(b) Tourism in Barbados.
(c) World War II.
(d) The end of the world.

5. What does G. find on the beach that he decides to hide?
(a) A dead crab.
(b) A beautiful shell.
(c) A pebble.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?

2. After G. tells the reader his feelings about hiding the pebble and leaving the village school, where does Trumper tell G. he is going?

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

4. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?

5. Where do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. run to as they escape being chased in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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