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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Miss Foster says the phrase "..pick up the weself" when telling Bob's mother and G.'s mother about the flood. What does "weself" mean?
(a) They do not know what she means.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Little children.
(d) Photos of them when they were little.

3. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?
(a) "The day brought showers of blessings."
(b) "Tomorrow is another day."
(c) "Your home is in one piece."
(d) "At last the sun came out."

4. What happens to the Foster family?
(a) They lose their house in the flood.
(b) They emigrate to America.
(c) They adopt many children.
(d) They leave the village.

5. Who are Pa and Ma?
(a) G.'s parents.
(b) The village's mayor and his wife.
(c) England's queen and king's nicknames.
(d) The oldest couple in the village.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?

3. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?

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

5. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?

(see the answer key)

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