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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. Why do the landlords travel from road to road throughout the village in Chapter 2?
2. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?
3. What magical words is Bob supposed to say just before a large wave touches his toes?
4. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?
5. When G. and Bob are walking toward the sea in Chapter Six, what does Bob want to do differently?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the schoolmaster looking a schoolboy in the eye make the boy feel as if he had done something wrong?
2. 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?
3. When Bob tells G. that he wants to take different routes to the sea, he tells him not to run so that they can decide which route is really the quickest. When G. hesitates and then runs after Bob, what does their ultimate interaction represent?
4. What does G. remember about his family origins?
5. In what way have the villagers lost control of their lives in Chapter 9 when the men surround their homes?
6. G. sees things in the night that disturb him. What does he see?
7. The shoemaker makes a little speech in Chapter 5 to the men he is standing with as they watch the villagers buy food from the cart. What is the point of his speech?
8. Who are the "vagabonds" the old woman speaks of to Pa?
9. After being away for three years, what does G. learn about Trumper?
10. What is the pattern of the customers on the "corner"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based upon the words Pa speaks in his sleep in Chapter 10, who or what does he symbolize in the book? Why? Give concrete reasons for your decision.
Essay Topic 2
When G. attends high school, he must continue to live in the village. How did living in the village make it seem that he is living between two different worlds? What are the differences between the two worlds?
Essay Topic 3
What are G.'s feeling about the pebble in Chapter 11? Can these feelings be related to anything or anywhere else in the book? Who or where and why?
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