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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?
(a) In America, a hundred years ago.
(b) Not in Barbados and a very long time ago.
(c) In England, a short time ago.
(d) In Barbados and a very long time ago.

2. Which season in the village could change everything?
(a) The hot summer.
(b) Winter season.
(c) Tourist season.
(d) Flood season.

3. What does Ma realize that Pa is doing while he sleeps in Chapter 10?
(a) Having a seizure.
(b) Sleepwalking.
(c) Dreaming of other women.
(d) Talking.

4. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?
(a) To get food.
(b) To pick flowers.
(c) To play cricket.
(d) To watch a dance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the shoemaker say the author J.B. Priestly prophesied?

4. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?

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

(see the answer key)

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