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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?

2. The boys standing under the pipe in Chapter 3 devise a plan to retaliate against the head teacher. What is the plan?

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

4. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Trumper say Mr. Slime wants to put an end to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Pa compare Mr. Slime to Moses?

2. In Chapter 13, what is the difference between how the new landowner and the villagers feel about the homes they live in?

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

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

5. What political and real estate changes have taken place in the village by Chapter 12?

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

7. Why do the villagers trust Mr. Slime?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A fisherman in Chapter 6 keeps trying to secure his net in the sand, but the large waves continually loosen up the net.

Who do you think the fisherman symbolizes?

What do the large waves symbolize?

Why is the fisherman so angry and frustrated in the end?

Essay Topic 2

The last phrase in the book has G. telling the reader, "...I had said farewell, farewell to the land." Based upon the book as a whole, what is G. telling the reader by this point? What does "the land" represent, other than its literal meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the overseers and the villagers. Include actions and beliefs of both groups.

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