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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to G.'s grandfather before his mother is born?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) He dies.
(c) He goes to America.
(d) He joins the army.

2. When does G.'s mother sing?
(a) In the shower.
(b) When G. tries to remember his father.
(c) When she is happy.
(d) When she was in the choir.

3. On his walk toward the sea, what does G. realize about the corner when he stops there to say hello to Bob?
(a) It is filthy there.
(b) All the mothers stand around there.
(c) It is the safest place to be.
(d) It is where gambling men hang out.

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

5. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?
(a) George Lamming.
(b) Dickens.
(c) J.B. Priestly.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two women get into a physical brawl in Chapter 5?

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

3. Who encourages Bambi to get married?

4. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?

5. Who are Pa and Ma?

(see the answer key)

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