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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the villagers think can take care of the fighting if it comes to the village?
(a) The landlord.
(b) The overseer.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) The boys.

2. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?
(a) He is dressed for work.
(b) He doesn't have money.
(c) He is busy.
(d) The fowlcock looks bad.

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

4. What does Pa think the landlord should do about the land?
(a) Rebuild on it.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Give it to them.
(d) Burn it.

5. In what other island have there been civil disturbances and riots?
(a) St. Martin.
(b) Aruba.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) The Bahamas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it that Bob's father and Mr. Foster cannot bear to listen to in Mr. Foster's house as the men try to talk about the meaning of the fighting?

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

4. Which is one of the islands named by Pa to which tribes were shipped by boat?

5. How does the old woman feel at first about the landlord having chosen to speak to her in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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