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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. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?
(a) They make clothing.
(b) They sell cow's milk.
(c) They sell goat's milk.
(d) They run a food cart.

2. Who does the headmaster put to the back of his mind as being too big and important to deal with yet, after he has seen the contents of the envelope?
(a) His wife.
(b) The students.
(c) His boss.
(d) Mr. Slime.

3. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?
(a) To pick flowers.
(b) To watch a dance.
(c) To get food.
(d) To play cricket.

4. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?
(a) Sold goats to the landlords.
(b) LIved in England and worked.
(c) Panned for gold in South America.
(d) Helped build the Panama Canal.

5. Nine-year-old G. sees things in his bed when his eyes open. What does he see?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) Presents.
(c) Phantoms.
(d) Shadows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the three boys in Chapter 7 end up being converted by the preacher?

2. Which teacher has his name on the envelope that the headmaster receives?

3. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?

4. While a crowd of villagers wait in line to buy food from a vendor, whom do they let cut the line?

5. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main thing that Trumper has learned in America that has changed his life?

2. When Mr. Foster tells the villagers that the fighting in the city has something to do with the landlord, how do they react?

3. Why is G.'s mother acting so annoyed with him on his last night at home?

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

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

6. Why does G. feel guilty upon the death of his pigeon?

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

8. While G.'s friends Trumper and Boy Blue are excited and proud about G. going to high school, how does G.'s mother feel about it?

9. When Bob tells G. that he wants to take different routes to the sea, he tells him not to run so that they can decide which route is really the quickest. When G. hesitates and then runs after Bob, what does their ultimate interaction represent?

10. When Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's property to watch sailors and women dancing, what feelings are going through the boys' minds when the couple walk out onto the garden path to be alone?

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