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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?
(a) He pretends he is a bear.
(b) He is just himself.
(c) He acts like a lion.
(d) He becomes a rabbit.

2. What field of work do Bob and Boy Blue both enter?
(a) Shoemaking.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Police.
(d) Teaching.

3. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?
(a) She is hungry.
(b) She has lost her money.
(c) She is in a lot of pain.
(d) She feels that the kitchen is in a mess.

4. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?
(a) He writes a letter to the king.
(b) He touches a dead man.
(c) He has an affair.
(d) He nearly drowns.

5. In what other island have there been civil disturbances and riots?
(a) Aruba.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) St. Martin.

Short Answer 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?

2. On whose side does Mr. Slime say he will be on in any calamity?

3. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?

4. Who is the main protagonist in Chapter 10?

5. After G. tells the reader his feelings about hiding the pebble and leaving the village school, where does Trumper tell G. he is going?

(see the answer key)

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