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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-11, The Coward, The Pyrotechnicist, Titus Hoyt, I.A., The Maternal Instinct, The Blue Cart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author start crying soon after arriving in Port of Spain?
(a) He can't make friends.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He doesn't like Miguel Street.
(d) He is hungry.

2. Why doesn't Hat like Morgan?
(a) He doesn't like his sense of humor.
(b) He feels he's a liar and overdoes everything.
(c) He doesn't like that he beats his children.
(d) He feels he's a fool

3. How much does Hat pay out after Big Foot's big fight?
(a) A hundred dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

4. What person in the crowd at the big fight does the author watch?
(a) A woman with her hands over her eyes.
(b) A man eating a banana.
(c) A woman eating peanuts.
(d) A man cheering Big Foot on.

5. How does B. Wordsworth speak?
(a) With perfect English.
(b) With an American accent.
(c) With a heavy Trinidadian accent.
(d) With broken English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is George's ultimate fate?

2. Whom does Popo marry the second time?

3. What does Morgan do when he's having a fit of craziness?

4. What does Dolly, George's daughter, do after George's second wife leaves him.

5. What does Morgan try to be?

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