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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?
(a) He is hardened to it.
(b) He is afraid.
(c) He likes the beatings.
(d) He feels very sad all of the time.

2. What happens to the Foster family?
(a) They adopt many children.
(b) They lose their house in the flood.
(c) They leave the village.
(d) They emigrate to America.

3. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?
(a) His mother's birthday.
(b) The end of the flood season.
(c) His ninth birthday.
(d) Christmas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?

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

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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