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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?
(a) Presents.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) Phantoms.
(d) Shadows.

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

3. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?
(a) Panama.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) England.
(d) America.

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

5. Why does the old man keep looking up at the landlord's house before he retires to bed?
(a) He is praying for the landlord.
(b) He wonders what it feels like to be big and great.
(c) He is suspicious of what goes on there.
(d) He is putting a bad spell on the landlord.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who runs a busy food cart that the villagers buy food from every morning?

3. Which two women get into a physical brawl in Chapter 5?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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