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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 does G.'s mother do every Sunday when he walks past the corner on his way to Sunday school?

2. Who does the old woman say is Mr. Slime's enemy?

3. On his walk toward the sea, what does G. realize about the corner when he stops there to say hello to Bob?

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

5. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ma do when she thinks she hears Pa snoring loudly one night?

2. There are people known as "poor whites" on the island. What is their lot in life?

3. At the end of Chapter 2, Miss Foster tells her story of meeting with the landlord. How does she feel about this meeting?

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

5. What is the head teacher trying to discover as he listens to Pa's reactions to what he has been told in Chapter 13?

6. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. decide to come forward and receive salvation in the open-air meeting?

7. When the author compares the inspector and the head teacher in Chapter 3, how does he do so?

8. While G.'s friends Trumper and Boy Blue are excited and proud about G. going to high school, how does G.'s mother feel about it?

9. The schoolboys discuss the possible nonexistence of the king of England. Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By using the dialogue of Ma and Pa in Chapter 4, the author has given the reader information pertinent to the story. What does the reader learn? How does this information help the reader?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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