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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 Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?
(a) He is hardened to it.
(b) He feels very sad all of the time.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He likes the beatings.

2. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?
(a) The Queen's Country.
(b) Little Barbados.
(c) Little England.
(d) Island England.

3. Where do Trumper and Bob go after they have waited three hours to find out about the fighting in the city?
(a) They walk to Pa's house.
(b) They go home.
(c) The run to the landlord's house.
(d) They scale fences to get near the train lines.

4. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?
(a) Black pudding and souse.
(b) Lobster boiled in chicken broth.
(c) Cheesecake.
(d) Oysters and crabs.

5. How does Bob escape the city without further harm?
(a) He finds Trumper.
(b) He crawls home.
(c) He hides in a trash heap.
(d) He goes to police headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?

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

3. From whom does Boy Blue tell the others to keep the secret of the fisherman?

4. Why do the men fighting in the city make their way toward the villages?

5. Who is the main protagonist in Chapter 10?

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