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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Pa, what is "price" equal to?
(a) Silver.
(b) Power.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Gold.

2. How much time has gone by in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Years.
(b) A month.
(c) A few hours.
(d) Days.

3. What does Pa think the landlord should do about the land?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Rebuild on it.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Give it to them.

4. What does G.'s mother expect from him?
(a) Respect.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Anger.

5. Where are the poor whites on the island originally from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

6. How long has the landlord been living in the village?
(a) More than 30 years.
(b) Less than a year.
(c) More than 40 years.
(d) 20 years, exactly.

7. What happens to a lot of trees in the village?
(a) They are felled.
(b) Lightning hits them.
(c) People use them for firewood.
(d) There is a forest fire.

8. Who almost eats the fish G.'s mother has fried?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A racoon.
(c) Some young boys.
(d) A black cat.

9. When Pa speaks about tribes, what do some tribes have that others do not?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Gods.
(c) Silver.
(d) Families.

10. Why does G. feel it best to be separated for a day from what he found on the beach?
(a) So it doesn't hurt him.
(b) It is too bright.
(c) It confuses him.
(d) It would mean more to him.

11. What do the men at the park gate give to Bob and Trumper?
(a) Money.
(b) Pins to put on the train tracks.
(c) Maps.
(d) Sticks to use as a weapon.

12. In Chapter 12, as G. is talking to Pa, the reader learns that the village train has stopped running. Why?
(a) The landlord buys it and destroys it.
(b) The tracks are sold for scrap iron for the war.
(c) The tracks are destroyed by the Germans.
(d) No one takes the train anymore.

13. What sort of dreams does Pa tell G. that he has?
(a) Prophetic ones.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Funny ones.
(d) Strange ones.

14. What does Ma realize that Pa is doing while he sleeps in Chapter 10?
(a) Dreaming of other women.
(b) Talking.
(c) Sleepwalking.
(d) Having a seizure.

15. What does Trumper discover in America that is of great importance to him?
(a) That he misses Barbados.
(b) Paul Robeson.
(c) That there is democracy.
(d) That he is of the Negro race.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the shoemaker told he has before he must vacate the land his shop is on?

2. On whose side does Mr. Slime say he will be on in any calamity?

3. Pa states that if you hear someone wanting to get back to Africa, what should you think?

4. What did Ma tell Pa he should never do?

5. What is it that Pa says people have a way of not remembering?

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