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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the landlord speaks personally to Ma while she is on her way to the office in Chapter 8, what does he tell her he will do if things get any worse in the village?
(a) He will sell the land.
(b) He will give the land to the villagers.
(c) He will burn it down.
(d) He will rebuild.

2. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?
(a) The overseer leaves a key for Cutsie and he got it.
(b) He bribes the overseer for a key.
(c) They make a tunnel under the gate.
(d) He blackmails Mr. Slime for a key.

3. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?
(a) A political party.
(b) A clothing store.
(c) The Sunday school.
(d) The Penny Bank.

4. How does the old woman feel at first about the landlord having chosen to speak to her in Chapter 8?
(a) She feels looked down upon.
(b) She feels very sad.
(c) She feels pleased.
(d) She feels annoyed.

5. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?
(a) He touches a dead man.
(b) He has an affair.
(c) He writes a letter to the king.
(d) He nearly drowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?

2. Whom does Boy Blue refer to as being a kind of "black Jesus"?

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

4. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?

5. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?

(see the answer key)

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