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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does G.'s mother sing?
(a) When G. tries to remember his father.
(b) In the shower.
(c) When she was in the choir.
(d) When she is happy.

4. What does the head teacher do when a student laughs during his presentation about pennies given on Empire Day?
(a) Throws a boy out of school.
(b) Makes a boy stay after school.
(c) Whips a boy.
(d) Calls a boy's mother.

5. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?
(a) Black pudding and souse.
(b) Cheesecake.
(c) Lobster boiled in chicken broth.
(d) Oysters and crabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?

2. What point of view does the author use in Chapter 3?

3. Which season in the village could change everything?

4. Why do the villagers believe that Mr. Slime resigned his teaching position?

5. What happens to G.'s pigeon?

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