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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?
(a) "Too bad."
(b) "Oh, no!"
(c) "I'm angry now."
(d) "It's a shame."

3. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?
(a) He won't help her.
(b) He is standing there, naked, for all to see.
(c) He laughs at the fence coming down.
(d) He made the fence come down.

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

5. When G.'s mother sings in the house, in what way do the neighbors respond?
(a) They call the police.
(b) They whistle.
(c) They sing back.
(d) They boo her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to G.'s pigeon?

2. What do the village boys do for fun and adventure on the railroad tracks?

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

4. What does the head teacher do when a student laughs during his presentation about pennies given on Empire Day?

5. Why do the landlords travel from road to road throughout the village in Chapter 2?

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