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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the "Governor in Little England" the equivalent of in "Big England"?
(a) Parliament.
(b) The constable.
(c) The president.
(d) The king.

4. When does G.'s mother sing?
(a) In the shower.
(b) When she is happy.
(c) When G. tries to remember his father.
(d) When she was in the choir.

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

6. 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) He blackmails Mr. Slime for a key.
(c) The overseer leaves a key for Cutsie and he got it.
(d) They make a tunnel under the gate.

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

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

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

10. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?
(a) George Lamming.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) J.B. Priestly.

11. Why do the landlords travel from road to road throughout the village in Chapter 2?
(a) To assess the damage from the flood.
(b) To collect the rent money.
(c) To chat with the villagers.
(d) To be sure that everyone has enough water.

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

13. 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) Jump over the tracks.
(d) Lie down on the tracks.

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

15. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?
(a) To ask about her husband and her home.
(b) To pay the rent.
(c) To get her rent back.
(d) To get help.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

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

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

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