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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?
(a) Dickens.
(b) George Lamming.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) J.B. Priestly.

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

3. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) America.
(c) Panama.
(d) Barbados.

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 is just himself.
(d) He becomes a rabbit.

5. Which two women get into a physical brawl in Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Foster and Bob's mother.
(b) Ma and the old woman.
(c) Miss Foster and Sheila Grimes.
(d) Sheila Grimes and Baby Parker.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?

2. Miss Foster says the phrase "..pick up the weself" when telling Bob's mother and G.'s mother about the flood. What does "weself" mean?

3. What is intimated will happen to the two women who go off with the constable after their fight?

4. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?

5. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?

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