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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the headmaster put to the back of his mind as being too big and important to deal with yet, after he has seen the contents of the envelope?
(a) His wife.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) The students.
(d) His boss.

2. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?
(a) Mr. Slime.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Creighton.
(d) The headmaster.

3. 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 write him a nasty letter.
(d) To stone him.

4. Where is the drinking water for the house kept?
(a) It had to be purchased.
(b) In the faucet.
(c) In the spring.
(d) In a barrel.

5. Which season in the village could change everything?
(a) Tourist season.
(b) Flood season.
(c) Winter season.
(d) The hot summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?

2. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?

3. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?

4. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?

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

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