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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) He tells her to go home.
(c) He gives her money and a cup of tea.
(d) He makes her empty promises.

2. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?
(a) He laughs at the fence coming down.
(b) He won't help her.
(c) He is standing there, naked, for all to see.
(d) He made the fence come down.

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

4. Who does the headmaster put to the back of his mind as being too big and important to deal with yet, after he has seen the contents of the envelope?
(a) The students.
(b) His wife.
(c) His boss.
(d) Mr. Slime.

5. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?
(a) To put tacks on his chair.
(b) To knock on his door and run.
(c) To write him a nasty letter.
(d) To stone him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?

3. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?

4. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?

5. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?

(see the answer key)

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