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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 does G.'s next door neighbor box her son's, Bob's, ears?

2. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

3. What happens to Boy Blue as he is catching crabs on the wild side of the sea?

4. Which woman had children by a baker, a butcher and an unknown man?

5. Why does G.'s mother give him a lashing when he stops at the corner to say hello to Bob?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the first assistant who makes high school tolerable for G.

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

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

5. What technique does Bob use to get G. out of a beating in Chapter 2? How can this be related to the way black people in Barbados are treated?

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

7. Why is G.'s mother acting so annoyed with him on his last night at home?

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

9. When Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's property to watch sailors and women dancing, what feelings are going through the boys' minds when the couple walk out onto the garden path to be alone?

10. Whom does it turn out that the men surrounding the villager's houses are waiting for and why?

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

In Chapter 3, the schoolmaster is deciding what to do about the photos he believes belong to Mr. Slime. What different scenarios and outcomes go through his mind? Are they legitimate?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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