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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?
(a) To get help.
(b) To get her rent back.
(c) To pay the rent.
(d) To ask about her husband and her home.

2. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?
(a) Panama.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Barbados.
(d) America.

3. 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 putting a bad spell on the landlord.
(c) He is suspicious of what goes on there.
(d) He is praying for the landlord.

4. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) A letter.
(c) One photograph of a man.
(d) Two photographs.

5. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) He dies.
(c) He joins the army.
(d) He goes to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?

2. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?

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

4. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?

5. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?

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