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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do the boys end up running away from as they escape the landlord's gate?
(a) The landlord.
(b) A couple.
(c) A large dog.
(d) The overseer.

2. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?
(a) He nearly drowns.
(b) He touches a dead man.
(c) He writes a letter to the king.
(d) He has an affair.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does G. feel it best to be separated for a day from what he found on the beach?

3. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?

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

5. What does the shoemaker say the author J.B. Priestly prophesied?

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