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

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

3. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?
(a) Dialogue between an older couple.
(b) Dialogue between Mr. Slime and the headmaster.
(c) Direct narration.
(d) Mr. Slime speaking in the first person.

4. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?
(a) God.
(b) Moses.
(c) The king.
(d) Mr. Creighton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What device does the author use to let the reader know that the head teacher likes to drink ?

2. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?

3. Why do the landlords travel from road to road throughout the village in Chapter 2?

4. How does the water inspector check the drinking water?

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

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