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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. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?
(a) Bob's mother.
(b) A boy.
(c) Miss Foster.
(d) Ma.

2. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?
(a) The overseer leaves a key for Cutsie and he got it.
(b) He bribes the overseer for a key.
(c) They make a tunnel under the gate.
(d) He blackmails Mr. Slime for a key.

3. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?
(a) Mr. Slime speaking in the first person.
(b) Dialogue between Mr. Slime and the headmaster.
(c) Dialogue between an older couple.
(d) Direct narration.

4. Which two women get into a physical brawl in Chapter 5?
(a) Sheila Grimes and Baby Parker.
(b) Miss Foster and Bob's mother.
(c) Miss Foster and Sheila Grimes.
(d) Ma and the old woman.

5. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?
(a) Bob's mother.
(b) G. mother.
(c) Ma.
(d) Miss Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Jon end up marrying?

2. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?

3. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?

4. What does the old man say Mr. Slime is telling the people they should own?

5. Who encourages Bambi to get married?

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. G. sees things in the night that disturb him. What does he see?

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

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

5. What is the relationship like between the villagers and the overseer?

6. What does G. remember about his family origins?

7. Why does G. feel guilty upon the death of his pigeon?

8. Whom does Ma think Pa sounds like when he is talking in his sleep?

9. Who incites the woman in the crowd in Chapter 7 to finally come forward to be saved?

10. Why is it that Ma doesn't believe that Pa should be comparing Mr. Slime to Moses?

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