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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ma at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She falls over dead.
(b) She has an anxiety attack.
(c) She goes back to sleep.
(d) She laughs at Pa's words.

2. What is happening to the roads in Chapter 12?
(a) They are being widened.
(b) They are flooding.
(c) They are being narrowed.
(d) They are being repaired.

3. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?
(a) Gordon.
(b) The fowlcock.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) The children.

4. Why does the old woman go down to the landlord's house?
(a) To pay the rent.
(b) To have tea.
(c) To spy on him.
(d) To ask for a loan.

5. Why does G. feel it best to be separated for a day from what he found on the beach?
(a) It would mean more to him.
(b) So it doesn't hurt him.
(c) It is too bright.
(d) It confuses him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?

3. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?

4. What does G.'s mother do every Sunday when he walks past the corner on his way to Sunday school?

5. What is considered by the white man to be the best of Africa's produce?

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