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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ma tell Pa he should never do?
(a) Sell her stuff.
(b) Be unfriendly to the landlord.
(c) Get rid of the house.
(d) Put her things in her coffin.

2. Who do the villagers think can take care of the fighting if it comes to the village?
(a) The landlord.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The boys.

3. Where do Trumper and Bob go after they have waited three hours to find out about the fighting in the city?
(a) They walk to Pa's house.
(b) They go home.
(c) The run to the landlord's house.
(d) They scale fences to get near the train lines.

4. What does the man visiting Mr. Foster in Chapter 13 offer to buy from him?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His car.
(c) His house.
(d) His garage.

5. What does the shoemaker say the author J.B. Priestly prophesied?
(a) World War II.
(b) Tourism in Barbados.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) World War I.

6. In Chapter 12, G. goes to visit Pa before he leaves for his new job. In general, how often does G. go to see Pa?
(a) Every day.
(b) Never.
(c) Seldom.
(d) Every two years.

7. What does G. find on the beach that he decides to hide?
(a) A dead crab.
(b) Money.
(c) A beautiful shell.
(d) A pebble.

8. How does the old woman feel the landlord addressed her as?
(a) His superior.
(b) An equal.
(c) A slave.
(d) A servant.

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

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

11. From whom does G. receive letters in Chapter 11?
(a) Boy Blue and Trinidad school authorities.
(b) Trumper and Trinidad school authorities.
(c) His mother and Trumper.
(d) Boy Blue and Trumper.

12. What is it that Bob's father and Mr. Foster cannot bear to listen to in Mr. Foster's house as the men try to talk about the meaning of the fighting?
(a) The rioters coming.
(b) Music.
(c) Bob's yelling.
(d) Miss Foster's crying.

13. Who tells Pa that G. is going away?
(a) G.'s mother.
(b) Miss Foster.
(c) Bob's mother.
(d) Mrs. Creighton.

14. Who is the main protagonist in Chapter 10?
(a) Ma.
(b) The landlord.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) Pa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, as G. is talking to Pa, the reader learns that the village train has stopped running. Why?

2. In Chapter 13, what does the head teacher say he would offer to do for Pa?

3. Who is the only person G. has an attachment to and is grateful for in high school?

4. What is G. writing at the beginning of Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 12, G. goes to Pa's house and they begin to discuss how the village has changed. G. went to visit Pa to tell him something. What was it?

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