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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is the sea different on the other side of the lighthouse?
(a) There are sharks.
(b) Children play there.
(c) The waves are much rougher.
(d) The waves are calm.

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

5. Who keeps the overseer from disturbing the preacher's conversion of sinners?
(a) The three boys who ran away.
(b) Mr. Slime's speech.
(c) Mr. Creighton.
(d) The crowd and the rebuker in the back.

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

7. In Chapter 7, what does Trumper say Mr. Slime wants to put an end to?
(a) Riots.
(b) Landlord's rents.
(c) Being "born again."
(d) Democracy.

8. Which season in the village could change everything?
(a) Flood season.
(b) Winter season.
(c) The hot summer.
(d) Tourist season.

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

10. Who encourages Bambi to get married?
(a) The white woman from England.
(b) Miss Foster.
(c) Bots.
(d) Bambini.

11. Who begins to approach G. after Boy Blue and Trumper leave the little boy's open-air conversion?
(a) Bob's father.
(b) The preacher.
(c) The policeman.
(d) Mr. Slime.

12. How does the water inspector check the drinking water?
(a) He tests it in a lab.
(b) He scrapes the side of the container with a long spoon.
(c) He tastes it.
(d) He never checks it.

13. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?
(a) To play cricket.
(b) To watch a dance.
(c) To get food.
(d) To pick flowers.

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

15. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?
(a) Fury.
(b) Love.
(c) Humor.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. Who runs a busy food cart that the villagers buy food from every morning?

4. What magical words is Bob supposed to say just before a large wave touches his toes?

5. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?

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