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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?
(a) His mother's birthday.
(b) His ninth birthday.
(c) The end of the flood season.
(d) Christmas.

3. What does Pa do that he never told anyone else about?
(a) He nearly drowns.
(b) He writes a letter to the king.
(c) He touches a dead man.
(d) He has an affair.

4. 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?
(a) Photos of them when they were little.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) They do not know what she means.
(d) Little children.

5. What happens to the Foster family?
(a) They lose their house in the flood.
(b) They leave the village.
(c) They emigrate to America.
(d) They adopt many children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?

2. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?

3. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?

4. What do some of the boys argue about when they receive their pennies?

5. G.'s mother hits him with a broken branch after the fence comes down. Why?

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