View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The old woman thinks she knows how the landlord feels towards the villagers. What feeling is predominant?

2. As Mr. Foster and Bob's father sit and discuss what the details might be of what is happening in the city, who is speaking in the road outside their homes, telling them her boy has been killed in the city?

3. What is the value of people in Africa according to Pa?

4. Who almost eats the fish G.'s mother has fried?

5. After G. tells the reader his feelings about hiding the pebble and leaving the village school, where does Trumper tell G. he is going?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the riots in Trinidad, the village dock workers' strike and cricket teams end up belonging in the same line of events in the thoughts of the shoemaker? How does he come to the conclusions about what Barbados should be like?

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

The overseer tries to disrupt the open-air meeting to "arrest" the boys in Chapter 7.

Who does the overseer really represent?

Why does the author have the boys "saved" by the preacher?

Consider the role of religion in the village when you form you answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample