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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the old woman go down to the landlord's house?
(a) To pay the rent.
(b) To spy on him.
(c) To have tea.
(d) To ask for a loan.

2. To whom does the old man in Chapter 4 compare Mr. Slime?
(a) Mr. Creighton.
(b) Moses.
(c) God.
(d) The king.

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

4. Who runs a busy food cart that the villagers buy food from every morning?
(a) Savory.
(b) Mr. Creighton.
(c) Pa.
(d) Mr. Foster.

5. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?
(a) The children.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Gordon.
(d) The fowlcock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa think the landlord should do about the land?

2. Miss Foster says the phrase "..pick up the weself" when telling Bob's mother and G.'s mother about the flood. What does "weself" mean?

3. In what way is G. embarrassed as he is being bathed outside in his yard?

4. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?

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

(see the answer key)

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