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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When G.'s mother sings in the house, in what way do the neighbors respond?
(a) They boo her.
(b) They call the police.
(c) They sing back.
(d) They whistle.

4. 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) The landlord.
(c) The overseer.
(d) No one cuts the line.

5. What magical words is Bob supposed to say just before a large wave touches his toes?
(a) "Sea, come no further."
(b) "Sea sesame."
(c) "I will overcome you."
(d) "I am the master of the sea."

6. 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 write him a nasty letter.
(c) To stone him.
(d) To knock on his door and run.

7. From whom does Boy Blue tell the others to keep the secret of the fisherman?
(a) Bob.
(b) G.'s mother.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) Bob's mother.

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

9. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?
(a) They are sitting on a wasps' nest.
(b) He sees a couple kissing.
(c) He realizes that they are in an ants' nest.
(d) The overseer is coming.

10. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?
(a) Oysters and crabs.
(b) Black pudding and souse.
(c) Lobster boiled in chicken broth.
(d) Cheesecake.

11. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?
(a) The children.
(b) The fowlcock.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Gordon.

12. Who does the headmaster put to the back of his mind as being too big and important to deal with yet, after he has seen the contents of the envelope?
(a) His boss.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) His wife.
(d) The students.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the neighbors refer to G's day of celebration in order to console him?

3. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?

4. What is the sanitary water inspector checking for?

5. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?

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