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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the head teacher's wife once done to him when he returned home drunk?
(a) She whipped him.
(b) She threw his clothes out the window.
(c) She threw him out.
(d) She called the police.

2. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?
(a) The Sunday school.
(b) A political party.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) The Penny Bank.

3. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?
(a) The headmaster.
(b) Mr. Creighton.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Mr. Slime.

4. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?
(a) To pay the rent.
(b) To get help.
(c) To get her rent back.
(d) To ask about her husband and her home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?

2. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?

3. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?

4. 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?

5. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?

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