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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Foster go to see the landlord?

2. Why does the white gentleman get angry when Gordon tries to sell him a fowlcock in Chapter 2?

3. What is Barbados known as in comparison with the Mother Country?

4. Who are Pa and Ma?

5. What emotion does Bob's mother express when Bob smiles at G. being bathed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the fate of the overseer, according to Pa?

3. What technique does Bob use to get G. out of a beating in Chapter 2? How can this be related to the way black people in Barbados are treated?

4. Why does the landlord say he may sell the land?

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

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

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

8. What is the pattern of the customers on the "corner"?

9. Why do the villagers trust Mr. Slime?

10. Who are the "vagabonds" the old woman speaks of to Pa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story of Bambi, Bambini and Bots end up fighting furiously over Bambi's dead body. Things are fine until the English woman tells Bambi he has to be married to one of them. When he marries Bots, things begin to go downhill for Bambi. How can this story be a parable for Barbados and England?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 6, the author writes about his observations of birds. What are his observations of blackbirds and sparrows as compared with doves? What do the different birds symbolize? Why does he use these particular birds?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the overseers and the villagers. Include actions and beliefs of both groups.

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