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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. Which teacher has his name on the envelope that the headmaster receives?
2. Who begins to approach G. after Boy Blue and Trumper leave the little boy's open-air conversion?
3. Who keeps the overseer from disturbing the preacher's conversion of sinners?
4. Who is the "Governor in Little England" the equivalent of in "Big England"?
5. When Mr. Slime arrives with news of the strike in Chapter 5, what is the reaction of the men?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What political and real estate changes have taken place in the village by Chapter 12?
3. What is the main thing that Trumper has learned in America that has changed his life?
4. What does Ma do when she thinks she hears Pa snoring loudly one night?
5. What is the pattern of the customers on the "corner"?
6. Why does the landlord say he may sell the land?
7. What is Mr. Slime's plan for the people of Barbados as described by Pa?
8. What sort of changes in the village worry the landlord?
9. Why does G. feel guilty upon the death of his pigeon?
10. The shoemaker read a book by J.B. Priestly that he has never forgotten. What is the main point the shoemaker took away from that book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways can the inspector in Chapter 3 and the overseer in Chapter 2 be compared? How are they alike? How are they different?
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
Why does the head teacher whip the boy with such vehemence in Chapter 3? Is this action within his nature and true to his character? How does he feel after the whipping? Is there any remorse on his part?
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