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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom is G. eavesdropping on at the Miami Club?
(a) Mr. Slime and Mr. Creighton.
(b) Mr. Slime and the head teacher.
(c) His mother and Mr. Slime.
(d) His mother and the head teacher.

3. Why does the mother groan in Chapter 1?
(a) She is in a lot of pain.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She has lost her money.
(d) She feels that the kitchen is in a mess.

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

5. What question does Pa really want answered by the head teacher in Chapter 13?
(a) When he has to leave.
(b) Why he is being sent to the Alms House.
(c) How much his house is worth.
(d) Why Mr. Creighton sold the land to Mr. Slime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Trumper shout out when the boys are trying be quiet on the trash heap?

2. Whose house falls to pieces as men try to move it?

3. Where does G.'s mother get her information about Trinidad?

4. 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?

5. Which season in the village could change everything?

(see the answer key)

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