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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Souris and Tigre tell the Corporal about Makak?

2. What does the Corporal hold up and asks Makak why he has it?

3. What law does the Corporal tell the prisoners he is there to fulfill?

4. Where does the Corporal say he is ready to embrace his heritage?

5. Where does Moustique say he went looking for Makak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly summarize the incident when Makak gets arrested. Why would Walcott include this scene? Is there anything you find particularly disturbing about the scene?

Essay Topic 2

What impact do you think imprisonment has on Makak? Do you think Makak would have been the same character had he not been arrested? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Walcott includes the confrontation between the Corporal and Tigre? What purpose does the scene serve? Do you think the reader would have had just as thorough an understanding of the characters without this description of events?

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