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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. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?
(a) "Too bad."
(b) "Oh, no!"
(c) "It's a shame."
(d) "I'm angry now."

2. Why do the villagers believe that Mr. Slime resigned his teaching position?
(a) To become a missionary.
(b) So he could move to America.
(c) To help the poor.
(d) To do bigger and better political work.

3. What happens to the Foster family?
(a) They lose their house in the flood.
(b) They leave the village.
(c) They adopt many children.
(d) They emigrate to America.

4. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?
(a) He pretends he is a bear.
(b) He acts like a lion.
(c) He is just himself.
(d) He becomes a rabbit.

5. What does G.'s mother do every Sunday when he walks past the corner on his way to Sunday school?
(a) She tells him to take his time.
(b) She watches that he doesn't stop there.
(c) She turns her back and forgets about him.
(d) She watches to be sure he stops there.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an old woman tells a schoolboy she had once been a slave, what does his teacher tell him?

2. Which teacher has his name on the envelope that the headmaster receives?

3. Why does G.'s next door neighbor box her son's, Bob's, ears?

4. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?

5. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes have people made in the village by Chapter 12 that Ma, according to Pa, would not have believed?

2. What is the pattern of the customers on the "corner"?

3. While G.'s friends Trumper and Boy Blue are excited and proud about G. going to high school, how does G.'s mother feel about it?

4. Why does the landlord say he may sell the land?

5. There are people known as "poor whites" on the island. What is their lot in life?

6. When Bob tells G. that he wants to take different routes to the sea, he tells him not to run so that they can decide which route is really the quickest. When G. hesitates and then runs after Bob, what does their ultimate interaction represent?

7. What technique does Bob use to get G. out of a beating in Chapter 2? How can this be related to the way black people in Barbados are treated?

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

9. After being away for three years, what does G. learn about Trumper?

10. In what ways do the village overseers protect the villagers?

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