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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 think the landlord should do about the land?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Rebuild on it.
(d) Give it to them.

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

3. 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) Mr. Slime.
(b) His boss.
(c) The students.
(d) His wife.

4. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?
(a) To get help.
(b) To pay the rent.
(c) To ask about her husband and her home.
(d) To get her rent back.

5. What do the village boys do for fun and adventure on the railroad tracks?
(a) Lie down on the tracks.
(b) Jump over the tracks.
(c) Run after trains to try and jump on.
(d) Put pins and nails on the track to be flattened into knives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is going on in the city in Chapter 9 that the village is in fear of?

3. When the shoemaker, Mr. Foster and the others talk about the possibility of a strike or losing their jobs, whom does the shoemaker say they should leave the thinking to?

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

5. What happens to the Foster family?

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