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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?
(a) He nearly drowns.
(b) He touches a dead man.
(c) He has an affair.
(d) He writes a letter to the king.

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

3. What is the only thing that Ma believes matters?
(a) Education.
(b) Love.
(c) Working hard.
(d) Salvation in Christ.

4. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?
(a) How much each received.
(b) How the pennies could be duplicated.
(c) Where to spend them.
(d) Their worthlessness.

5. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?
(a) Call a neighbor to talk.
(b) Say a prayer together.
(c) Look at old photos of themselves.
(d) Talk about it with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the old woman say is Mr. Slime's enemy?

2. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?

3. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?

4. What does G.'s mother do every Sunday when he walks past the corner on his way to Sunday school?

5. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?

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