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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?
(a) Christmas.
(b) His ninth birthday.
(c) His mother's birthday.
(d) The end of the flood season.

2. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?
(a) He is dressed for work.
(b) The fowlcock looks bad.
(c) He doesn't have money.
(d) He is busy.

3. What do the village boys do for fun and adventure on the railroad tracks?
(a) Put pins and nails on the track to be flattened into knives.
(b) Jump over the tracks.
(c) Run after trains to try and jump on.
(d) Lie down on the tracks.

4. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?
(a) He becomes a rabbit.
(b) He pretends he is a bear.
(c) He acts like a lion.
(d) He is just himself.

5. When does G.'s mother sing?
(a) When she is happy.
(b) When G. tries to remember his father.
(c) When she was in the choir.
(d) In the shower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?

2. The village overseers are given special favors. What is one favor given?

3. Who are Pa and Ma?

4. Which season in the village could change everything?

5. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?

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