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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Foster says the phrase "..pick up the weself" when telling Bob's mother and G.'s mother about the flood. What does "weself" mean?
(a) They do not know what she means.
(b) Little children.
(c) Photos of them when they were little.
(d) Ourselves.

2. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?
(a) Hate.
(b) Humor.
(c) Fury.
(d) Love.

3. What does the old man say Mr. Slime is telling the people they should own?
(a) Gold.
(b) More livestock.
(c) Their own land.
(d) Pigeons.

4. In what voice is Chapter 8 presented?
(a) Unreliable first person.
(b) Omniscient
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the old woman hesitate to tell the old man about what the landlord said?

2. How does the old woman feel the landlord addressed her as?

3. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?

4. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?

5. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?

(see the answer key)

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