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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. The village overseers are given special favors. What is one favor given?
(a) The law does not apply to them.
(b) Owning the land their house is on after 20 years.
(c) Freedom from traffic tickets.
(d) Free food after working 10 years.

2. Whom does Boy Blue refer to as being a kind of "black Jesus"?
(a) Mr. Slime.
(b) Mr. Creighton.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) The shoemaker.

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

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

5. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?
(a) He sees a couple kissing.
(b) The overseer is coming.
(c) He realizes that they are in an ants' nest.
(d) They are sitting on a wasps' nest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the headmaster's overwhelming feeling when he looks inside the envelope and thinks about its contents?

2. What is in the envelope that the head teacher receives from a boy?

3. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?

4. How does the water inspector check the drinking water?

5. What happens to Boy Blue as he is catching crabs on the wild side of the sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the landlords and overseers leave the village after assessing the roads after a flood, what do the young boys in town do for fun and why?

2. When one of the boys picks up a fallen envelope that the teacher has dropped, what does he think he should do with it?

3. What is Pa talking about in his sleep when he brings up the words "silver" and "Africa"?

4. When Mr. Foster tells the villagers that the fighting in the city has something to do with the landlord, how do they react?

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

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

7. What is the old woman's view of owning land?

8. 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?

9. Why does G. want to leave the nice pebble he found on the beach where he can find it once again?

10. Whom does it turn out that the men surrounding the villager's houses are waiting for and why?

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