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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ma at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She goes back to sleep.
(b) She falls over dead.
(c) She has an anxiety attack.
(d) She laughs at Pa's words.

2. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?
(a) Black pudding and souse.
(b) Oysters and crabs.
(c) Cheesecake.
(d) Lobster boiled in chicken broth.

3. What is the sanitary water inspector checking for?
(a) E. coli.
(b) Larvae.
(c) Rain.
(d) Dirt.

4. When the landlord speaks personally to Ma while she is on her way to the office in Chapter 8, what does he tell her he will do if things get any worse in the village?
(a) He will burn it down.
(b) He will rebuild.
(c) He will sell the land.
(d) He will give the land to the villagers.

5. What is it that Bob's father and Mr. Foster cannot bear to listen to in Mr. Foster's house as the men try to talk about the meaning of the fighting?
(a) Miss Foster's crying.
(b) Bob's yelling.
(c) The rioters coming.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?

2. What does Pa think the landlord should do about the land?

3. Which is one of the islands named by Pa to which tribes were shipped by boat?

4. Who is the main protagonist in Chapter 10?

5. When the shoemaker talks about Marcus Garvey in Chapter 5, why don't some people like it when he tells them they are brothers because he is from Africa?

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