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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Little children.
(c) Photos of them when they were little.
(d) They do not know what she means.

2. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?
(a) He is busy.
(b) The fowlcock looks bad.
(c) He doesn't have money.
(d) He is dressed for work.

3. What point of view does the author use in Chapter 3?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person, omniscient.
(c) Unreliable first person.
(d) First person.

4. When the shoemaker, Mr. Foster and the others talk about the possibility of a strike or losing their jobs, whom does the shoemaker say they should leave the thinking to?
(a) The headmaster.
(b) Ma and Pa.
(c) Mr. Creighton.
(d) Mr. Slime.

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

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

7. Why does G.'s next door neighbor box her son's, Bob's, ears?
(a) He got into a fight with G.
(b) He cursed out loud.
(c) He was late to supper.
(d) He broke G.'s mother's pumpkin vine.

8. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?
(a) Moses.
(b) God.
(c) Mr. Creighton.
(d) The king.

9. While a crowd of villagers wait in line to buy food from a vendor, whom do they let cut the line?
(a) No one cuts the line.
(b) A white man.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The landlord.

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

11. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?
(a) Helped build the Panama Canal.
(b) Sold goats to the landlords.
(c) LIved in England and worked.
(d) Panned for gold in South America.

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

13. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?
(a) How much each received.
(b) How the pennies could be duplicated.
(c) Their worthlessness.
(d) Where to spend them.

14. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?
(a) He laughs at the fence coming down.
(b) He made the fence come down.
(c) He is standing there, naked, for all to see.
(d) He won't help her.

15. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?
(a) She is very lost.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She has a high fever.
(d) She is practicing a dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?

2. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?

3. What had the head teacher's wife once done to him when he returned home drunk?

4. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?

5. When Mr. Slime arrives with news of the strike in Chapter 5, what is the reaction of the men?

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