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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?
(a) To write him a nasty letter.
(b) To stone him.
(c) To put tacks on his chair.
(d) To knock on his door and run.

2. When does G.'s mother sing?
(a) When she is happy.
(b) When G. tries to remember his father.
(c) In the shower.
(d) When she was in the choir.

3. 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) Ourselves.
(b) They do not know what she means.
(c) Little children.
(d) Photos of them when they were little.

4. What device does the author use to let the reader know that the head teacher likes to drink ?
(a) Narration.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Point of view.
(d) Descriptive words.

5. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?
(a) America.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Panama.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?

2. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?

3. Which teacher has his name on the envelope that the headmaster receives?

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

5. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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