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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the poor whites on the island originally from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

2. Who are Pa and Ma?
(a) The oldest couple in the village.
(b) The village's mayor and his wife.
(c) England's queen and king's nicknames.
(d) G.'s parents.

3. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?
(a) Mosquitos are in it.
(b) rain water got into it.
(c) Someone else drank from it.
(d) Bacteria.

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

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) Mr. Slime.
(c) His boss.
(d) The students.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his walk toward the sea, what does G. realize about the corner when he stops there to say hello to Bob?

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

3. What is considered by the white man to be the best of Africa's produce?

4. Who begins to approach G. after Boy Blue and Trumper leave the little boy's open-air conversion?

5. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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