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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his walk toward the sea, what does G. realize about the corner when he stops there to say hello to Bob?
(a) All the mothers stand around there.
(b) It is filthy there.
(c) It is where gambling men hang out.
(d) It is the safest place to be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the old man say Mr. Slime is telling the people they should own?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Their own land.
(c) Gold.
(d) More livestock.

10. Which two women get into a physical brawl in Chapter 5?
(a) Ma and the old woman.
(b) Miss Foster and Sheila Grimes.
(c) Sheila Grimes and Baby Parker.
(d) Miss Foster and Bob's mother.

11. In what other island have there been civil disturbances and riots?
(a) Aruba.
(b) St. Martin.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) The Bahamas.

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

13. 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) The students.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) His wife.
(d) His boss.

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 is standing there, naked, for all to see.
(c) He made the fence come down.
(d) He won't help her.

15. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?
(a) "Oh, no!"
(b) "Too bad."
(c) "It's a shame."
(d) "I'm angry now."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the old man keep looking up at the landlord's house before he retires to bed?

4. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?

5. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?

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