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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the families shipped to the islands from Africa?
(a) They get split up.
(b) They are brought over together.
(c) They are adopted by the white people.
(d) They are killed one by one.

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

4. G. has become attached to the first assistant who was mentoring him. G. gets the feeling that he will see him for the last time just before he gets a confirmation of a job offer. What job offer does G. receive?
(a) Teaching in Trinidad.
(b) Joining the village police.
(c) Writing poetry for a publisher.
(d) Teaching in America.

5. 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) Seldom.
(b) Every two years.
(c) Every day.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is G. eavesdropping on at the Miami Club?

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

3. When the landlord speaks personally to Ma while she is on her way to the office in Chapter 8, what does he tell her he will do if things get any worse in the village?

4. What does Pa think the landlord should do about the land?

5. In Chapter 13, what does the head teacher say he would offer to do for Pa?

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