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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ma having pain?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her stomach.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her ribs.

2. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?
(a) He tells her to go home.
(b) He gives her money and a cup of tea.
(c) He yells at her.
(d) He makes her empty promises.

3. What happens to the families shipped to the islands from Africa?
(a) They are killed one by one.
(b) They get split up.
(c) They are brought over together.
(d) They are adopted by the white people.

4. Why does the old man keep looking up at the landlord's house before he retires to bed?
(a) He is suspicious of what goes on there.
(b) He wonders what it feels like to be big and great.
(c) He is putting a bad spell on the landlord.
(d) He is praying for the landlord.

5. What device does the author use to let the reader know that the head teacher likes to drink ?
(a) Descriptive words.
(b) Narration.
(c) Point of view.
(d) Dialogue.

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. In what way does Mr. Foster change his attitude toward the new landowner sitting in his home in Chapter 13?

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

4. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?

5. What is happening to the roads in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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