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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) He joins the army.
(c) He goes to America.
(d) He dies.

3. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?
(a) "The day brought showers of blessings."
(b) "At last the sun came out."
(c) "Tomorrow is another day."
(d) "Your home is in one piece."

4. What company will be hurt if there is a strike?
(a) The Friendly Society.
(b) Penny Bank.
(c) Jones and Creighton Shipping.
(d) England Shipping.

5. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) America.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Panama.

6. What country does Boy Blue say Mr. Slime calls the bread basket of the world?
(a) England.
(b) Panama.
(c) America.
(d) Trinidad.

7. Which of the three boys in Chapter 7 end up being converted by the preacher?
(a) Boy Blue.
(b) G.
(c) All of them.
(d) Trumper.

8. Why do the villagers believe that Mr. Slime resigned his teaching position?
(a) To do bigger and better political work.
(b) So he could move to America.
(c) To become a missionary.
(d) To help the poor.

9. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?
(a) In America, a hundred years ago.
(b) In Barbados and a very long time ago.
(c) Not in Barbados and a very long time ago.
(d) In England, a short time ago.

10. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?
(a) Dialogue between an older couple.
(b) Mr. Slime speaking in the first person.
(c) Direct narration.
(d) Dialogue between Mr. Slime and the headmaster.

11. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) Two photographs.
(c) A letter.
(d) One photograph of a man.

12. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?
(a) The headmaster.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) Mr. Creighton.
(d) Mr. Foster.

13. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Phantoms.
(c) His grandparents.
(d) Presents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the head teacher do when a student laughs during his presentation about pennies given on Empire Day?

2. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?

3. Why does G.'s mother give him a lashing when he stops at the corner to say hello to Bob?

4. When G.'s mother sings in the house, in what way do the neighbors respond?

5. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?

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