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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?
(a) To stone him.
(b) To knock on his door and run.
(c) To put tacks on his chair.
(d) To write him a nasty letter.

3. Whom does Boy Blue refer to as being a kind of "black Jesus"?
(a) Mr. Creighton.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) The shoemaker.

4. When Mr. Slime arrives with news of the strike in Chapter 5, what is the reaction of the men?
(a) They are a little disappointed.
(b) They don't care.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are thrilled.

5. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?
(a) He is too skinny.
(b) The neighbor boys are peeking at him over the fence.
(c) His mother is babying him.
(d) He is too fat.

6. What had the head teacher's wife once done to him when he returned home drunk?
(a) She whipped him.
(b) She called the police.
(c) She threw his clothes out the window.
(d) She threw him out.

7. What does the head teacher do when a student laughs during his presentation about pennies given on Empire Day?
(a) Calls a boy's mother.
(b) Makes a boy stay after school.
(c) Whips a boy.
(d) Throws a boy out of school.

8. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?
(a) The Sunday school.
(b) The Penny Bank.
(c) A political party.
(d) A clothing store.

9. What happens to the Foster family?
(a) They adopt many children.
(b) They leave the village.
(c) They emigrate to America.
(d) They lose their house in the flood.

10. Where do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. run to as they escape being chased in Chapter 7?
(a) The open-air meeting.
(b) G.'s home.
(c) The forest.
(d) The bathhouse.

11. What do the village boys do for fun and adventure on the railroad tracks?
(a) Put pins and nails on the track to be flattened into knives.
(b) Run after trains to try and jump on.
(c) Lie down on the tracks.
(d) Jump over the tracks.

12. When G. and Bob are walking toward the sea in Chapter Six, what does Bob want to do differently?
(a) Have a running race.
(b) Bike to the sea.
(c) Not talk while walking.
(d) Take two different routes to see who gets there first.

13. When the shoemaker talks about Marcus Garvey in Chapter 5, why don't some people like it when he tells them they are brothers because he is from Africa?
(a) They do not know how to speak that language.
(b) They do not want to know they are black.
(c) They hate Africa.
(d) Africa is too far away.

14. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?
(a) The end of the flood season.
(b) Christmas.
(c) His ninth birthday.
(d) His mother's birthday.

15. Who are the boys watching with fascination on the wild side of the sea in Chapter 6?
(a) A woman swimming.
(b) Bob.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) Mr. Slime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps the overseer from disturbing the preacher's conversion of sinners?

2. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?

3. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?

4. What happens to G.'s pigeon?

5. The village overseers are given special favors. What is one favor given?

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