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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?
(a) In England, a short time ago.
(b) In Barbados and a very long time ago.
(c) In America, a hundred years ago.
(d) Not in Barbados and a very long time ago.

2. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?
(a) He is hardened to it.
(b) He is afraid.
(c) He feels very sad all of the time.
(d) He likes the beatings.

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

4. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?
(a) Miss Foster.
(b) Bob's mother.
(c) Ma.
(d) G. mother.

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 write him a nasty letter.
(d) To stone him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Jon end up marrying?

2. What device does the author use to let the reader know that the head teacher likes to drink ?

3. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?

4. While a crowd of villagers wait in line to buy food from a vendor, whom do they let cut the line?

5. What happens to G.'s pigeon?

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