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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magical words is Bob supposed to say just before a large wave touches his toes?
(a) "I will overcome you."
(b) "Sea sesame."
(c) "I am the master of the sea."
(d) "Sea, come no further."

2. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?
(a) A boy.
(b) Bob's mother.
(c) Miss Foster.
(d) Ma.

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

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

5. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?
(a) To knock on his door and run.
(b) To put tacks on his chair.
(c) To stone him.
(d) To write him a nasty letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?

2. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

3. What had the head teacher's wife once done to him when he returned home drunk?

4. What is the sanitary water inspector checking for?

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

(see the answer key)

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