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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the old woman say is Mr. Slime's enemy?
(a) Bob's father.
(b) The headmaster.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Mr. Creighton.

2. Whom does Jon end up marrying?
(a) Susie.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Jen.
(d) Bots.

3. What is it that Bob's father and Mr. Foster cannot bear to listen to in Mr. Foster's house as the men try to talk about the meaning of the fighting?
(a) Miss Foster's crying.
(b) Music.
(c) Bob's yelling.
(d) The rioters coming.

4. Which two women get into a physical brawl in Chapter 5?
(a) Ma and the old woman.
(b) Sheila Grimes and Baby Parker.
(c) Miss Foster and Sheila Grimes.
(d) Miss Foster and Bob's mother.

5. In Chapter 12, as G. is talking to Pa, the reader learns that the village train has stopped running. Why?
(a) The tracks are sold for scrap iron for the war.
(b) No one takes the train anymore.
(c) The landlord buys it and destroys it.
(d) The tracks are destroyed by the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?

2. When G. and Bob are walking toward the sea in Chapter Six, what does Bob want to do differently?

3. Why does the shoemaker begin to cry in front of his friends?

4. The old woman thinks she knows how the landlord feels towards the villagers. What feeling is predominant?

5. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?

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