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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the "Governor in Little England" the equivalent of in "Big England"?
(a) The president.
(b) Parliament.
(c) The constable.
(d) The king.

2. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?
(a) The Queen's Country.
(b) Little Barbados.
(c) Little England.
(d) Island England.

3. The village overseers are given special favors. What is one favor given?
(a) Freedom from traffic tickets.
(b) Owning the land their house is on after 20 years.
(c) The law does not apply to them.
(d) Free food after working 10 years.

4. Which of the three boys in Chapter 7 end up being converted by the preacher?
(a) Boy Blue.
(b) All of them.
(c) Trumper.
(d) G.

5. What country does Boy Blue say Mr. Slime calls the bread basket of the world?
(a) England.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) America.
(d) Panama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Boy Blue refer to as being a kind of "black Jesus"?

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

3. What is G. celebrating in Chapter 1?

4. What is intimated will happen to the two women who go off with the constable after their fight?

5. Who are Pa and Ma?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does G. want to leave the nice pebble he found on the beach where he can find it once again?

2. When Trumper, Boy Blue and G. observe the fisherman in Chapter 6, what is he doing? Describe his attitude.

3. The schoolboys discuss the possible nonexistence of the king of England. Why?

4. What sort of changes in the village worry the landlord?

5. Why do the villagers trust Mr. Slime?

6. What is Pa talking about in his sleep when he brings up the words "silver" and "Africa"?

7. What does Ma do when she thinks she hears Pa snoring loudly one night?

8. In what way does Pa compare Mr. Slime to Moses?

9. When the author compares the inspector and the head teacher in Chapter 3, how does he do so?

10. What are G.'s feelings about his identity in Barbados?

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