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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the high school different from the village school?
(a) There are too many supervising ministers at the hIgh school.
(b) The high school is less restricted.
(c) The village school is more easygoing.
(d) The high school serves the needs of the poor.

2. 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.

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

4. G. has become attached to the first assistant who was mentoring him. G. gets the feeling that he will see him for the last time just before he gets a confirmation of a job offer. What job offer does G. receive?
(a) Teaching in America.
(b) Joining the village police.
(c) Writing poetry for a publisher.
(d) Teaching in Trinidad.

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

6. Why does the old woman hesitate to tell the old man about what the landlord said?
(a) She is in love with the landlord.
(b) She thinks he will be disturbed.
(c) She forgets what he said.
(d) She does not want him too happy.

7. Who is in pursuit of Bob and Trumper when they reach the city?
(a) The rioters.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The police.
(d) The overseer.

8. Why does the old woman go down to the landlord's house?
(a) To ask for a loan.
(b) To pay the rent.
(c) To have tea.
(d) To spy on him.

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

10. What is G. afraid of concerning other people?
(a) Their skin color.
(b) That they will claim to know you.
(c) Nothing at all.
(d) That they will rob you.

11. Who joins Mr. Foster, Miss Foster and the new landowner while the landowner is explaining to the Fosters that they must vacate the land?
(a) The overseer.
(b) Savory.
(c) The shoemaker.
(d) Mr. Slime.

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

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

14. When the landlord speaks personally to Ma while she is on her way to the office in Chapter 8, what does he tell her he will do if things get any worse in the village?
(a) He will burn it down.
(b) He will give the land to the villagers.
(c) He will rebuild.
(d) He will sell the land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The old woman thinks she knows how the landlord feels towards the villagers. What feeling is predominant?

2. What does Pa think the landlord should do about the land?

3. What is the name of the colorful dish that G.'s mother cooks for him on his last evening in Barbados?

4. Who comes to visit G. the night before he leaves Barbados?

5. What happens to a large merchant ship in the Barbados harbor?

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