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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 knock on his door and run.
(b) To put tacks on his chair.
(c) To stone him.
(d) To write him a nasty letter.

2. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?
(a) The Queen's Country.
(b) Little Barbados.
(c) Little England.
(d) Island England.

3. While a crowd of villagers wait in line to buy food from a vendor, whom do they let cut the line?
(a) The overseer.
(b) The landlord.
(c) No one cuts the line.
(d) A white man.

4. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?
(a) She is very lost.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She has a high fever.
(d) She is practicing a dance.

5. What is the headmaster's overwhelming feeling when he looks inside the envelope and thinks about its contents?
(a) Love because of the photo he sees.
(b) Confusion as to what he should do.
(c) Fear over the contents.
(d) Guilt at what he sees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?

2. When G.'s mother sings in the house, in what way do the neighbors respond?

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

4. Where is the drinking water for the house kept?

5. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?

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