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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Little children.
(d) They do not know what she means.

2. What do the village boys do for fun and adventure on the railroad tracks?
(a) Run after trains to try and jump on.
(b) Put pins and nails on the track to be flattened into knives.
(c) Lie down on the tracks.
(d) Jump over the tracks.

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

4. Which season in the village could change everything?
(a) Flood season.
(b) Tourist season.
(c) Winter season.
(d) The hot summer.

5. What role does Bob play in order to get past his mother, G.'s mother and Miss Foster?
(a) He becomes a rabbit.
(b) He is just himself.
(c) He pretends he is a bear.
(d) He acts like a lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bob feel about his mother beating him all of the time?

2. What makes the drinking water give G. a belly ache?

3. When Miss Foster goes to see the landlord, Mr. Creighton, what does he do?

4. How does the water inspector check the drinking water?

5. While a crowd of villagers wait in line to buy food from a vendor, whom do they let cut the line?

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