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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only person G. has an attachment to and is grateful for in high school?
(a) The first assistant.
(b) Another teammate.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) His language teacher.

2. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?
(a) Sold goats to the landlords.
(b) Helped build the Panama Canal.
(c) Panned for gold in South America.
(d) LIved in England and worked.

3. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?
(a) Call a neighbor to talk.
(b) Look at old photos of themselves.
(c) Say a prayer together.
(d) Talk about it with her.

4. In Chapter 7, what does Trumper say Mr. Slime wants to put an end to?
(a) Being "born again."
(b) Landlord's rents.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Riots.

5. What does G. find on the beach that he decides to hide?
(a) A pebble.
(b) A dead crab.
(c) A beautiful shell.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the high school different from the village school?

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

3. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

4. What is the little boy afraid of as the preacher tries to convert him in Chapter 7?

5. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?

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