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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the little boy afraid of as the preacher tries to convert him in Chapter 7?
(a) The preacher's voice.
(b) The candle.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The dark of night.

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

3. Which is one of the islands named by Pa to which tribes were shipped by boat?
(a) Grenada.
(b) St. Martin.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Aruba.

4. What is the value of people in Africa according to Pa?
(a) A certain amount of silver.
(b) 400 British pounds.
(c) Beyond any price.
(d) Five whites to one black man.

5. How is the sea different on the other side of the lighthouse?
(a) The waves are calm.
(b) There are sharks.
(c) Children play there.
(d) The waves are much rougher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author makes the shoemaker begin to think about colonial governors?

2. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?

3. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?

4. Whom do the boys end up running away from as they escape the landlord's gate?

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

(see the answer key)

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