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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?
(a) She has lost her money.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She feels that the kitchen is in a mess.
(d) She is in a lot of pain.

2. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?
(a) Ma.
(b) G. mother.
(c) Bob's mother.
(d) Miss Foster.

3. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?
(a) To get help.
(b) To pay the rent.
(c) To get her rent back.
(d) To ask about her husband and her home.

4. 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) Photos of them when they were little.
(b) Little children.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) They do not know what she means.

5. 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) He is busy.
(c) The fowlcock looks bad.
(d) He doesn't have money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?

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

3. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?

4. Which teacher has his name on the envelope that the headmaster receives?

5. What is the sanitary water inspector checking for?

(see the answer key)

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