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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device does the author use to let the reader know that the head teacher likes to drink ?
(a) Descriptive words.
(b) Narration.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Point of view.

2. When Mr. Slime arrives with news of the strike in Chapter 5, what is the reaction of the men?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are thrilled.
(c) They are a little disappointed.
(d) They don't care.

3. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?
(a) "Oh, no!"
(b) "It's a shame."
(c) "I'm angry now."
(d) "Too bad."

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

5. Who runs a busy food cart that the villagers buy food from every morning?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mr. Creighton.
(c) Savory.
(d) Pa.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?

2. Why does the old man keep looking up at the landlord's house before he retires to bed?

3. When the shoemaker talks about Marcus Garvey in Chapter 5, why don't some people like it when he tells them they are brothers because he is from Africa?

4. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?

5. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?

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