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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Little children.
(b) Photos of them when they were little.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) They do not know what she means.

3. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?
(a) A letter.
(b) One photograph of a man.
(c) Two photographs.
(d) A newspaper clipping.

4. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) The fowlcock.
(d) The children.

5. Why does G.'s mother give him a lashing when he stops at the corner to say hello to Bob?
(a) He does not stay long enough.
(b) The corner is where delinquents hang out.
(c) Bob does not want him to say hello.
(d) He will get mud on his shoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?

3. When G. and Bob are walking toward the sea in Chapter Six, what does Bob want to do differently?

4. From whom does Boy Blue tell the others to keep the secret of the fisherman?

5. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?

(see the answer key)

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