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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who keeps the overseer from disturbing the preacher's conversion of sinners?
(a) The three boys who ran away.
(b) The crowd and the rebuker in the back.
(c) Mr. Slime's speech.
(d) Mr. Creighton.

3. Why does G. feel it best to be separated for a day from what he found on the beach?
(a) It confuses him.
(b) So it doesn't hurt him.
(c) It is too bright.
(d) It would mean more to him.

4. From whom does G. receive letters in Chapter 11?
(a) His mother and Trumper.
(b) Boy Blue and Trumper.
(c) Trumper and Trinidad school authorities.
(d) Boy Blue and Trinidad school authorities.

5. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) Mr. Creighton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?

3. What new venture does Mr. Slime begin?

4. Whom do the boys end up running away from as they escape the landlord's gate?

5. G. has become attached to the first assistant who was mentoring him. G. gets the feeling that he will see him for the last time just before he gets a confirmation of a job offer. What job offer does G. receive?

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