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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens to the families shipped to the islands from Africa?
(a) They are adopted by the white people.
(b) They are brought over together.
(c) They are killed one by one.
(d) They get split up.

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

4. Why do the men fighting in the city make their way toward the villages?
(a) They are tired.
(b) To get food.
(c) The police force them to retreat.
(d) To kill the villagers.

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

6. What does Pa think that Ma would not have believed if she were alive?
(a) The way things have changed.
(b) Television.
(c) World War II.
(d) How old he looks.

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

8. Who is the only person G. has an attachment to and is grateful for in high school?
(a) The first assistant.
(b) His language teacher.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) Another teammate.

9. 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 joining the police force.
(c) He is getting married.
(d) He is the new headmaster.

10. When Pa speaks about tribes, what do some tribes have that others do not?
(a) Gods.
(b) Families.
(c) Silver.
(d) Sleep.

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

12. 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) Whether she wants tea.
(c) How every family in the village is doing.
(d) How much money she makes.

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

14. What happens to a large merchant ship in the Barbados harbor?
(a) It becomes a tourist cruise ship.
(b) It is torpedoed.
(c) It is hijacked by German soldiers.
(d) It mysteriously sinks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pa states that if you hear someone wanting to get back to Africa, what should you think?

2. What does G. find on the beach that he decides to hide?

3. How long has the landlord been living in the village?

4. What does the man visiting Mr. Foster in Chapter 13 offer to buy from him?

5. Who tells Pa that G. is going away?

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