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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house falls to pieces as men try to move it?
(a) The shoemaker's house.
(b) Pa's house.
(c) Mr. Foster's house.
(d) G.'s house.

2. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?
(a) They make a tunnel under the gate.
(b) The overseer leaves a key for Cutsie and he got it.
(c) He blackmails Mr. Slime for a key.
(d) He bribes the overseer for a key.

3. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?
(a) England.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) America.
(d) Panama.

4. The village overseers are given special favors. What is one favor given?
(a) The law does not apply to them.
(b) Freedom from traffic tickets.
(c) Owning the land their house is on after 20 years.
(d) Free food after working 10 years.

5. What does G.'s mother do every Sunday when he walks past the corner on his way to Sunday school?
(a) She tells him to take his time.
(b) She watches that he doesn't stop there.
(c) She watches to be sure he stops there.
(d) She turns her back and forgets about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the little boy afraid of as the preacher tries to convert him in Chapter 7?

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

3. What does the old man say Mr. Slime is telling the people they should own?

4. What does the young man, Barrow, decide to do for the war effort?

5. What is the sanitary water inspector checking for?

(see the answer key)

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