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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does G.'s maternal uncle emigrate?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Panama.

2. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?
(a) He is too fat.
(b) His mother is babying him.
(c) The neighbor boys are peeking at him over the fence.
(d) He is too skinny.

3. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?
(a) Mr. Slime.
(b) Mr. Creighton.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) Mr. Foster.

4. What is the only thing that Ma believes matters?
(a) Love.
(b) Education.
(c) Working hard.
(d) Salvation in Christ.

5. What company will be hurt if there is a strike?
(a) The Friendly Society.
(b) England Shipping.
(c) Jones and Creighton Shipping.
(d) Penny Bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What delicacy is being sold by a road vendor in Chapter 2?

2. Why do the landlords travel from road to road throughout the village in Chapter 2?

3. In what way do Bambini and Bots become enemies?

4. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?

5. Who runs a busy food cart that the villagers buy food from every morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ma do when she thinks she hears Pa snoring loudly one night?

2. What is the fate of the overseer, according to Pa?

3. What has given both G. and his mother some anxiety and confidence about how things will be in Trinidad for G.?

4. How does the author portray the village as being at war with itself in Chapter 1?

5. The shoemaker read a book by J.B. Priestly that he has never forgotten. What is the main point the shoemaker took away from that book?

6. What sort of changes in the village worry the landlord?

7. In what way does Pa compare Mr. Slime to Moses?

8. What sets the shoemaker apart from the other villagers?

9. What are G.'s feelings about his identity in Barbados?

10. What is the story Boy Blue tells Trumper about Jon and the two weddings?

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