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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does G. feel it best to be separated for a day from what he found on the beach?
(a) So it doesn't hurt him.
(b) It would mean more to him.
(c) It is too bright.
(d) It confuses him.

2. What is G. writing at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) A history book.
(b) A journal.
(c) A school notebook.
(d) A novel.

3. In Chapter 8, by the trash heap, what does the landlord speak to the old woman about?
(a) Whether she wants tea.
(b) How every family in the village is doing.
(c) How much money she makes.
(d) How things have changed in the village.

4. What does Pa think that Ma would not have believed if she were alive?
(a) The way things have changed.
(b) How old he looks.
(c) World War II.
(d) Television.

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) Why Mr. Creighton sold the land to Mr. Slime.
(d) How much his house is worth.

6. In Chapter 12, G. goes to visit Pa before he leaves for his new job. In general, how often does G. go to see Pa?
(a) Every two years.
(b) Every day.
(c) Seldom.
(d) Never.

7. What is considered by the white man to be the best of Africa's produce?
(a) The people.
(b) Silver.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Bananas.

8. What does the bill the overseer puts on the lamp post state?
(a) The price of each house.
(b) How many weeks the people have to move.
(c) Mr. Creighton has sold the land to the overseer.
(d) Mr. Slime is the new village land owner.

9. Where do Trumper and Bob go after they have waited three hours to find out about the fighting in the city?
(a) They go home.
(b) The run to the landlord's house.
(c) They walk to Pa's house.
(d) They scale fences to get near the train lines.

10. 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 the head teacher.
(d) His mother and Mr. Slime.

11. Where does G.'s mother get her information about Trinidad?
(a) From Dave.
(b) From Pa.
(c) Television.
(d) From the newspapers.

12. In Chapter 12, as G. is talking to Pa, the reader learns that the village train has stopped running. Why?
(a) The tracks are sold for scrap iron for the war.
(b) The tracks are destroyed by the Germans.
(c) No one takes the train anymore.
(d) The landlord buys it and destroys it.

13. Who almost eats the fish G.'s mother has fried?
(a) A racoon.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) Some young boys.
(d) A black cat.

14. What does G. find on the beach that he decides to hide?
(a) A beautiful shell.
(b) A dead crab.
(c) A pebble.
(d) Money.

15. Who tells Pa that G. is going away?
(a) Bob's mother.
(b) Mrs. Creighton.
(c) Miss Foster.
(d) G.'s mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is G. afraid of concerning other people?

2. Where does the head teacher say he and Mr. Creighton plan to send Pa?

3. When Pa speaks about tribes, what do some tribes have that others do not?

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

5. What sort of dreams does Pa tell G. that he has?

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