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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What company will be hurt if there is a strike?
(a) Jones and Creighton Shipping.
(b) The Friendly Society.
(c) England Shipping.
(d) Penny Bank.

3. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?
(a) He sees a couple kissing.
(b) They are sitting on a wasps' nest.
(c) The overseer is coming.
(d) He realizes that they are in an ants' nest.

4. What is it that Bob's father and Mr. Foster cannot bear to listen to in Mr. Foster's house as the men try to talk about the meaning of the fighting?
(a) Bob's yelling.
(b) Music.
(c) The rioters coming.
(d) Miss Foster's crying.

5. How does the water inspector check the drinking water?
(a) He tests it in a lab.
(b) He scrapes the side of the container with a long spoon.
(c) He tastes it.
(d) He never checks it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom do the boys end up running away from as they escape the landlord's gate?

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

4. What is the little boy afraid of as the preacher tries to convert him in Chapter 7?

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

(see the answer key)

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