Gutter Child Practice Quiz

Question 1

“The cruelty of working so hard to get free only to die before you can really enjoy it” shows which literary device:

Accepted Answer

Situational Irony

Question 2

Poems mentioned in this book are drawn from the works of:

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 3

Which symbol represents the mark of the Gutter People?

Accepted Answer

The ‘X’

Question 4

When Elimina wins the spelling bee, the news writes “Local Boy Chokes in Face-off with Gutter Child’. This is shows:

Accepted Answer

Bias in the Media

Question 5

True or False: Tilly tells Elimina not to get too attached to her baby because her baby will be taken from her.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

True or False: Rowan returns back to the Gutter because he was losing too many fights.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Elimina's job is being a subsidy case.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Elimina’s adoptive mother states “struggle makes you stronger”. This is easier for her to say because:

Accepted Answer

She is a Mainlander

Question 9

. Livingstone Academy uses leashes in order to:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

Which statement is FALSE regarding Violet’s circumstances?

Accepted Answer

She gave up her baby

Question 11

Which symbol represents inspiration, wisdom, and hope?

Accepted Answer

The blue book of poetry

Question 12

True or False: Geneva tells Elimina “you ruined everything” when she enters the Gutter.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Why does Ida tell Elimina not to “believe what you read in those books” about history?

Accepted Answer

Both B and C

Question 14

True or False: The Network uses letters between Elimina and Rowan to fuel their movement to end the Gutter System

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What historical event relates to the ‘employer fair’?

Accepted Answer

Slave auctions

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