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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young man, Barrow, decide to do for the war effort?
(a) Join the Royal Air Force.
(b) Join the army.
(c) Donate blood.
(d) Collect food and supplies.

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

3. Which of the three boys in Chapter 7 end up being converted by the preacher?
(a) Trumper.
(b) Boy Blue.
(c) G.
(d) All of them.

4. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?
(a) They sell goat's milk.
(b) They sell cow's milk.
(c) They run a food cart.
(d) They make clothing.

5. Whom does Boy Blue refer to as being a kind of "black Jesus"?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) The shoemaker.
(d) Mr. Creighton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?

2. What is the little boy afraid of as the preacher tries to convert him in Chapter 7?

3. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?

4. G. has become attached to the first assistant who was mentoring him. G. gets the feeling that he will see him for the last time just before he gets a confirmation of a job offer. What job offer does G. receive?

5. What field of work do Bob and Boy Blue both enter?

(see the answer key)

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