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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. G. has become attached to the first assistant who was mentoring him. G. gets the feeling that he will see him for the last time just before he gets a confirmation of a job offer. What job offer does G. receive?
(a) Joining the village police.
(b) Teaching in Trinidad.
(c) Teaching in America.
(d) Writing poetry for a publisher.

2. On whose side does Mr. Slime say he will be on in any calamity?
(a) His own side.
(b) The landlord's side.
(c) The village's side.
(d) Nobody's side.

3. Pa states that if you hear someone wanting to get back to Africa, what should you think?
(a) All of your people should go.
(b) He is a wise person.
(c) You do not belong there yet.
(d) Hurry on a boat.

4. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?
(a) They run a food cart.
(b) They sell goat's milk.
(c) They sell cow's milk.
(d) They make clothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Pa" want Mr. Foster and Bob's father to do in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 12, G. goes to Pa's house and they begin to discuss how the village has changed. G. went to visit Pa to tell him something. What was it?

3. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

4. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?

5. How does the old woman feel the landlord addressed her as?

(see the answer key)

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