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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?
(a) Four cents.
(b) Two cents.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Six cents.

3. What does Morgan start doing about two or three times a week?
(a) He weeps.
(b) He makes jokes.
(c) He explodes his fireworks.
(d) He challenges Bhakcu to fight.

4. What is Titus Hoyt wearing when the author first meets him?
(a) White shorts and a white shirt.
(b) Tan shorts and a tan shirt.
(c) Jeans and a red shirt.
(d) Blue slacks and a white shirt.

5. When Titus Hoyt leaves the author and his mother what does he say?
(a) So long.
(b) Cheerio.
(c) Bye bye.
(d) Adios.

6. Why is everyone on Miguel Street so afraid of Big Foot?
(a) He's not afraid of anything.
(b) He's so silent and dangerous-looking.
(c) He's so big and black.
(d) He killed a man.

7. What is Big Foot's father?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A priest.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A carpenter.

8. Morgan is more like what than a man?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A monkey.

9. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?
(a) He became a devout priest again entering a monastery.
(b) He was killed in the oil field riots in 1937.
(c) He went off to sea.
(d) He was put in jail for good.

10. What is the most the author makes being involved in Hat's racket?
(a) A quarter.
(b) Ten cents.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Twelve cents.

11. What does Big Foot build during his short time as a carpenter?
(a) Two large chests.
(b) Two or three enormous wardrobes.
(c) A small storage house.
(d) A kitchen cabinet.

12. Who is Nathaniel?
(a) Laura's father.
(b) A street thief.
(c) The one man Laura has two babies by.
(d) Laura's mean brother.

13. How many children does Laura have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

14. What does Morgan look like?
(a) He is large with a round face.
(b) He is small with very small hands and thin wrists.
(c) He is chubby with fat hands.
(d) He is medium-sized.

15. How does the author's mother attempt to cure the cut on his shin?
(a) With sooty cobwebs soaked in rum.
(b) With gauze soaked in strong tea.
(c) With leaves from the aloe vera plant.
(d) With iodine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Titus Hoyt think will make him an educated man?

2. How does Big Foot's mother treat him?

3. Why does the author start crying soon after arriving in Port of Spain?

4. What is the name of the woman who is seen hurrying from Morgan's house one night?

5. What do the people of Miguel Street call his collection of junk?

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