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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. When the shoemaker talks about Marcus Garvey in Chapter 5, why don't some people like it when he tells them they are brothers because he is from Africa?

2. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?

3. What company will be hurt if there is a strike?

4. When the shoemaker, Mr. Foster and the others talk about the possibility of a strike or losing their jobs, whom does the shoemaker say they should leave the thinking to?

5. What does the head teacher do when a student laughs during his presentation about pennies given on Empire Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. G. sees things in the night that disturb him. What does he see?

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

3. Why does G. want to leave the nice pebble he found on the beach where he can find it once again?

4. 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?

5. Why does the landlord say he may sell the land?

6. How does the author portray the village as being at war with itself in Chapter 1?

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

8. 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?

9. What does the reader know about Pa and Ma?

10. Whom does Ma think Pa sounds like when he is talking in his sleep?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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