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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Whom is G. eavesdropping on at the Miami Club?
(a) His mother and the head teacher.
(b) Mr. Slime and Mr. Creighton.
(c) His mother and Mr. Slime.
(d) Mr. Slime and the head teacher.

5. What is the value of people in Africa according to Pa?
(a) Five whites to one black man.
(b) A certain amount of silver.
(c) 400 British pounds.
(d) Beyond any price.

6. What does the bill the overseer puts on the lamp post state?
(a) The price of each house.
(b) How many weeks the people have to move.
(c) Mr. Slime is the new village land owner.
(d) Mr. Creighton has sold the land to the overseer.

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

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

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

10. What color is the goat with Pa in Chapter 12?
(a) White.
(b) Spotted.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

11. 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 give the land to the villagers.
(b) He will sell the land.
(c) He will burn it down.
(d) He will rebuild.

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

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

14. What question does Pa really want answered by the head teacher in Chapter 13?
(a) How much his house is worth.
(b) Why Mr. Creighton sold the land to Mr. Slime.
(c) When he has to leave.
(d) Why he is being sent to the Alms House.

15. 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 forgets what he said.
(c) She does not want him too happy.
(d) She thinks he will be disturbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the high school different from the village school?

2. After G. tells the reader his feelings about hiding the pebble and leaving the village school, where does Trumper tell G. he is going?

3. When Pa speaks about tribes, what do some tribes have that others do not?

4. Where is G. preparing to go in Chapter 14?

5. How many sections is Chapter 13 divided into?

(see the answer keys)

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