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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?
(a) Island England.
(b) Little England.
(c) The Queen's Country.
(d) Little Barbados.

2. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She is practicing a dance.
(c) She is very lost.
(d) She has a high fever.

3. 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) Photos of them when they were little.
(d) Little children.

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

5. Who does the old woman say is Mr. Slime's enemy?
(a) The headmaster.
(b) Bob's father.
(c) Mr. Creighton.
(d) Mr. Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?

2. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?

3. 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?

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

5. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?

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