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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Little children.
(b) They do not know what she means.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Photos of them when they were little.

2. Why do the villagers believe that Mr. Slime resigned his teaching position?
(a) To become a missionary.
(b) To do bigger and better political work.
(c) To help the poor.
(d) So he could move to America.

3. What country does Boy Blue say Mr. Slime calls the bread basket of the world?
(a) England.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) America.
(d) Panama.

4. What point of view does the author use in Chapter 3?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person, omniscient.
(c) Unreliable first person.
(d) Second person.

5. Who does the headmaster put to the back of his mind as being too big and important to deal with yet, after he has seen the contents of the envelope?
(a) His wife.
(b) His boss.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) The students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?

2. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?

3. When Pa speaks about tribes, what do some tribes have that others do not?

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

5. What happens to G.'s pigeon?

(see the answer key)

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