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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the shoemaker begin to cry in front of his friends?
(a) He misses his wife.
(b) He wishes he could move to America.
(c) He is thinking he might have to move.
(d) He is thinking about the riots.

2. How long has the landlord been living in the village?
(a) More than 40 years.
(b) Less than a year.
(c) 20 years, exactly.
(d) More than 30 years.

3. Who is the main protagonist in Chapter 10?
(a) Pa.
(b) Mr. Slime.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Ma.

4. What happens to a large merchant ship in the Barbados harbor?
(a) It mysteriously sinks.
(b) It becomes a tourist cruise ship.
(c) It is hijacked by German soldiers.
(d) It is torpedoed.

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

6. In Chapter 12, G. goes to Pa's house and they begin to discuss how the village has changed. G. went to visit Pa to tell him something. What was it?
(a) He is joining the police force.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He is the new headmaster.
(d) He is going away.

7. What does the shoemaker say the author J.B. Priestly prophesied?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) Tourism in Barbados.

8. What words does G.'s mother use to feel better about not being able to provide him with a nicer place to live?
(a) The mind is the man.
(b) Any house is a home.
(c) You live where your bed is.
(d) The room is not important.

9. How does the old woman feel the landlord addressed her as?
(a) His superior.
(b) A slave.
(c) A servant.
(d) An equal.

10. How much time has gone by in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) A month.
(b) Days.
(c) Years.
(d) A few hours.

11. Why does the old woman go down to the landlord's house?
(a) To pay the rent.
(b) To have tea.
(c) To spy on him.
(d) To ask for a loan.

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

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

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

15. What is it that Pa says people have a way of not remembering?
(a) The land.
(b) Old people.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Ma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the bill the overseer puts on the lamp post state?

3. Pa states that if you hear someone wanting to get back to Africa, what should you think?

4. What is going on in the city in Chapter 9 that the village is in fear of?

5. Where is G. preparing to go in Chapter 14?

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