1. How does Bob escape the city without further harm?
(a) He finds Trumper.
(b) He crawls home.
(c) He hides in a trash heap.
(d) He goes to police headquarters.

2. How does the old woman feel at first about the landlord having chosen to speak to her in Chapter 8?
(a) She feels very sad.
(b) She feels pleased.
(c) She feels looked down upon.
(d) She feels annoyed.

3. Why do the men fighting in the city make their way toward the villages?
(a) They are tired.
(b) The police force them to retreat.
(c) To get food.
(d) To kill the villagers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mr. Foster and Bob's father sit and discuss what the details might be of what is happening in the city, who is speaking in the road outside their homes, telling them her boy has been killed in the city?

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

3. Who keeps the overseer from disturbing the preacher's conversion of sinners?

4. When Mr. Slime arrives with news of the strike in Chapter 5, what is the reaction of the men?

5. What is the value of people in Africa according to Pa?

(see the answer key)

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