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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James's father give James every time he leaves for work for several weeks?
(a) Cash.
(b) A credit card.
(c) A car.
(d) A blanket.

2. What does Mungo worry has happened to his mother in Chapter 2?
(a) She has gone to America.
(b) She has gotten a new job.
(c) She has gotten married.
(d) She is dead.

3. What does James want to do with the money he has saved?
(a) Give it to charity.
(b) Leave Glasgow forever and strike out on his own.
(c) Give it to his sister Helen.
(d) Go to college.

4. Who does Hamish borrow money from in Chapter 5?
(a) Jodie.
(b) Mo-Maw.
(c) His father.
(d) Mungo.

5. Why does Mo-Maw leave the children?
(a) She has a new boyfriend who does not know she has kids.
(b) She is in a substance abuse treatment center.
(c) She is leaving to see her family in America.
(d) She is in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Hamish tell Mungo he did not mean to be all the time?

2. What euphemism do the neighbors use for Mr. Calhoun?

3. Who is Jodie's boss?

4. What does Hamish tell Mungo there are none of in Glasgow?

5. Who is James's sister married to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie Campbell treat Mungo and Jodie?

2. What feeling does Mungo begin to get from the men who take him fishing?

3. How do people in town generally feel about Hamish?

4. What responsibilities does Hamish have?

5. What does Mrs. Campbell tell Jodie when she tries to help her after Mr. Campbell hits her?

6. How does Mungo treat Mo-Maw when she comes back in Part II?

7. What happened when Hamish went down to ask for an apprenticeship at the shipyards once?

8. What does Hamish make Mungo do in Part I that Mungo hates?

9. What does James do with the money his father gives him?

10. What is the rumor about Poor-Wee-Chickie?

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