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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 is the little boy afraid of as the preacher tries to convert him in Chapter 7?
(a) The preacher's voice.
(b) The crowd.
(c) The dark of night.
(d) The candle.

2. How does the water inspector check the drinking water?
(a) He tastes it.
(b) He scrapes the side of the container with a long spoon.
(c) He never checks it.
(d) He tests it in a lab.

3. How is the sea different on the other side of the lighthouse?
(a) There are sharks.
(b) The waves are calm.
(c) Children play there.
(d) The waves are much rougher.

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

5. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?
(a) How much each received.
(b) Where to spend them.
(c) How the pennies could be duplicated.
(d) Their worthlessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?

2. In what country does G.'s grandmother live?

3. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?

4. When G.'s mother sings in the house, in what way do the neighbors respond?

5. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the beginning of Chapter 6, G. sees birds such as blackbirds, sparrows and doves. Which birds does he note are the most common victims of the human's traps? How are they compared to the doves?

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

5. When Trumper, Boy Blue and G. observe the fisherman in Chapter 6, what is he doing? Describe his attitude.

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

7. What is the head teacher trying to discover as he listens to Pa's reactions to what he has been told in Chapter 13?

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

9. Why does one villager say, after reading the paper on the lamp post, that they must go and see Mr. Slime?

10. In what way have the villagers lost control of their lives in Chapter 9 when the men surround their homes?

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