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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the value of people in Africa according to Pa?
(a) A certain amount of silver.
(b) 400 British pounds.
(c) Five whites to one black man.
(d) Beyond any price.

2. Where is G. preparing to go in Chapter 14?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) America.
(c) Europe.
(d) England.

3. Why does the old woman go down to the landlord's house?
(a) To have tea.
(b) To ask for a loan.
(c) To spy on him.
(d) To pay the rent.

4. How does the old woman feel at first about the landlord having chosen to speak to her in Chapter 8?
(a) She feels very sad.
(b) She feels looked down upon.
(c) She feels pleased.
(d) She feels annoyed.

5. What does Trumper discover in America that is of great importance to him?
(a) That he misses Barbados.
(b) Paul Robeson.
(c) That he is of the Negro race.
(d) That there is democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the shoemaker told he has before he must vacate the land his shop is on?

2. What happens to a lot of trees in the village?

3. Why does the old woman hesitate to tell the old man about what the landlord said?

4. After G. tells the reader his feelings about hiding the pebble and leaving the village school, where does Trumper tell G. he is going?

5. When Pa speaks about tribes, what do some tribes have that others do not?

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