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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what voice is Chapter 8 presented?
(a) Omniscient
(b) Second person.
(c) Unreliable first person.
(d) First person.

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

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

5. Where does G.'s mother get her information about Trinidad?
(a) From the newspapers.
(b) Television.
(c) From Dave.
(d) From Pa.

6. What does the young man, Barrow, decide to do for the war effort?
(a) Join the Royal Air Force.
(b) Collect food and supplies.
(c) Join the army.
(d) Donate blood.

7. Whose house falls to pieces as men try to move it?
(a) Pa's house.
(b) G.'s house.
(c) The shoemaker's house.
(d) Mr. Foster's house.

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

9. In Chapter 8, by the trash heap, what does the landlord speak to the old woman about?
(a) How much money she makes.
(b) Whether she wants tea.
(c) How things have changed in the village.
(d) How every family in the village is doing.

10. How does Bob escape the city without further harm?
(a) He hides in a trash heap.
(b) He finds Trumper.
(c) He crawls home.
(d) He goes to police headquarters.

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

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

13. 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?
(a) He is going away.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He is joining the police force.
(d) He is the new headmaster.

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

15. What is going on in the city in Chapter 9 that the village is in fear of?
(a) Rioting.
(b) Open-air preaching.
(c) Murders.
(d) Drunken parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ma having pain?

2. 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?

3. What happens to a lot of trees in the village?

4. What color is the goat with Pa in Chapter 12?

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

(see the answer keys)

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