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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?
(a) He goes to America.
(b) He joins the army.
(c) He dies.
(d) He is in a car accident.

3. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?
(a) One photograph of a man.
(b) A letter.
(c) A newspaper clipping.
(d) Two photographs.

4. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?
(a) They make clothing.
(b) They sell goat's milk.
(c) They run a food cart.
(d) They sell cow's milk.

5. Which teacher has his name on the envelope that the headmaster receives?
(a) Mr. Heady.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) Mr. Garvey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?

2. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?

3. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

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

5. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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