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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the drinking water for the house kept?
(a) It had to be purchased.
(b) In a barrel.
(c) In the faucet.
(d) In the spring.

3. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?
(a) The children.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) The fowlcock.
(d) Gordon.

4. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?
(a) Mosquitos are in it.
(b) Someone else drank from it.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) rain water got into it.

5. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?
(a) He joins the army.
(b) He goes to America.
(c) He is in a car accident.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does G.'s next door neighbor box her son's, Bob's, ears?

2. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?

3. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?

4. When G.'s mother sings in the house, in what way do the neighbors respond?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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