The Young Landlords Quiz

Who suggests forming an Action Group and doing things to help people? Choose the best answer.

• the narrator

• Gloria

• Dean

• the narrator’s father

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How does the narrator become the landlord of The Joint? Choose the best answer.

• His father gives him the building.

• He inherits the building when his uncle dies.

• Mr. Harley sells him the building for a dollar.

• He takes a job managing the building during his summer vacation.

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The narrator and the other landlords have trouble maintaining the building because. Choose the best answer.

• several tenants don’t pay their rent regularly.

• many repairs are needed and the cost of repairs is high.

• vandalism is a high cost.

• Chris stole their money.

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The narrator tries to find out who stole the stereo equipment in order to help Chris to: Choose the best answer.

• earn the reward.

• have an adventure.

• prove to his father that he is right about Chris.

• pay for the street fair.

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When the narrator tells Gloria he loves her, she laughs at him because she is: Choose the best answer.

• frightened

• embarrassed

• angry

• sorry

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The narrator’s father feels that he lost brother Jerry even before Jerry died. He is afraid that he might, in the same way, lose. Choose the best answer.

• his wife.

• his friends.

• his own life.

• his son.

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While hunting for the stolen stereos, the narrator pays Tony with money

• borrowed from his father.

• earned from the rent party.

• given to him by his employer.

• earned from the street fair.

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When Gloria discovers that the narrator used all the money to buy the stereos, she

• becomes angry and storms from the building.

• sits down and cries for a long time.

• refuses to talk to the narrator for the next week.

• leaves without saying anything.

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How does Askia Ben Kenobi make up for the trouble he caused the landlords?

• He holds a rent party to help raise money to pay Ella Fox’s rent.

• He teaches the Action Group karate.

• He keeps the thieves from escaping while the police are called.

• He helps the Action Group clean up the street after the street fair.

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The police go to Tony’s store and find the stolen stereos when

• the narrator calls the police and tells them where he found the stereos.

• Tina stands outside the store and screams for the police.

• the narrator’s father calls the police and tells them where the stolen stereos are stored.

• Askia Ben Kenobi informs the police what happened.

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