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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the old man keep looking up at the landlord's house before he retires to bed?
(a) He is praying for the landlord.
(b) He wonders what it feels like to be big and great.
(c) He is putting a bad spell on the landlord.
(d) He is suspicious of what goes on there.

2. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?
(a) To watch a dance.
(b) To play cricket.
(c) To get food.
(d) To pick flowers.

3. What field of work do Bob and Boy Blue both enter?
(a) Carpentry.
(b) Police.
(c) Shoemaking.
(d) Teaching.

4. What happens to a large merchant ship in the Barbados harbor?
(a) It mysteriously sinks.
(b) It is torpedoed.
(c) It is hijacked by German soldiers.
(d) It becomes a tourist cruise ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does G.'s mother use to feel better about not being able to provide him with a nicer place to live?

2. Who is the only person G. has an attachment to and is grateful for in high school?

3. 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?

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

5. What does the old man say Mr. Slime is telling the people they should own?

(see the answer key)

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