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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Pa" want Mr. Foster and Bob's father to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Go into the city and report back.
(b) Run away from the village.
(c) Ask Mr. Slime what is happening in the city.
(d) Hide in the house.

2. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?
(a) "Tomorrow is another day."
(b) "At last the sun came out."
(c) "The day brought showers of blessings."
(d) "Your home is in one piece."

3. Who is in pursuit of Bob and Trumper when they reach the city?
(a) The landlord.
(b) The overseer.
(c) The rioters.
(d) The police.

4. Where do Trumper and Bob go after they have waited three hours to find out about the fighting in the city?
(a) They go home.
(b) They scale fences to get near the train lines.
(c) The run to the landlord's house.
(d) They walk to Pa's house.

5. In Chapter 8, by the trash heap, what does the landlord speak to the old woman about?
(a) Whether she wants tea.
(b) How things have changed in the village.
(c) How every family in the village is doing.
(d) How much money she makes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the poor whites on the island originally from?

3. What happens to the families shipped to the islands from Africa?

4. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?

5. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?

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