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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is G. writing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) A journal.
(b) A history book.
(c) A school notebook.
(d) A novel.

3. In Chapter 13, what does the head teacher say he would offer to do for Pa?
(a) Give Pa a part-time job.
(b) Buy Pa's house.
(c) Let Pa live with him.
(d) Get Mr. Slime to let Pa stay in his house.

4. Where does the head teacher say he and Mr. Creighton plan to send Pa?
(a) America.
(b) The Alms House.
(c) To live with the Fosters.
(d) Trinidad.

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

6. What is it that Pa says people have a way of not remembering?
(a) The land.
(b) Chairs.
(c) Ma.
(d) Old people.

7. How many sections is Chapter 13 divided into?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

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

10. After G. tells the reader his feelings about hiding the pebble and leaving the village school, where does Trumper tell G. he is going?
(a) To America.
(b) To Africa.
(c) To Scotland.
(d) To England.

11. 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) Miss Foster's crying.
(b) The rioters coming.
(c) Music.
(d) Bob's yelling.

12. When G. and his mother are in their kitchen, his mother gets angry with him..What does G.'s mother pick up to strike him with?
(a) The stick.
(b) The big spoon.
(c) A frying pan.
(d) The whip.

13. What job does the overseer take on?
(a) Landlord.
(b) Supervisor of roads.
(c) Head school master.
(d) Tax collector.

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

15. What happens to Ma at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She goes back to sleep.
(b) She falls over dead.
(c) She laughs at Pa's words.
(d) She has an anxiety attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in pursuit of Bob and Trumper when they reach the city?

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

3. Who do the villagers think can take care of the fighting if it comes to the village?

4. What is considered by the white man to be the best of Africa's produce?

5. From whom does G. receive letters in Chapter 11?

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