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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Boy Blue refer to as being a kind of "black Jesus"?
(a) Mr. Slime.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) The shoemaker.
(d) Mr. Creighton.

2. 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 be sure that everyone has enough water.
(c) To collect the rent money.
(d) To chat with the villagers.

3. Who are Pa and Ma?
(a) England's queen and king's nicknames.
(b) The oldest couple in the village.
(c) The village's mayor and his wife.
(d) G.'s parents.

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

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

6. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?
(a) Bob's mother.
(b) Miss Foster.
(c) Ma.
(d) A boy.

7. 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) Where to spend them.
(d) Their worthlessness.

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

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

10. Who are the boys watching with fascination on the wild side of the sea in Chapter 6?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) Bob.
(c) A woman swimming.
(d) Mr. Slime.

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

12. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?
(a) She is in a lot of pain.
(b) She feels that the kitchen is in a mess.
(c) She has lost her money.
(d) She is hungry.

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

14. Whom does Jon end up marrying?
(a) Susie.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Jen.
(d) Bots.

15. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?
(a) G. mother.
(b) Bob's mother.
(c) Ma.
(d) Miss Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps the overseer from disturbing the preacher's conversion of sinners?

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

3. What is the headmaster's overwhelming feeling when he looks inside the envelope and thinks about its contents?

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

5. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?

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