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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. What does Titus Hoyt persuade the author's mother to do?
(a) Bake home-made bread for the author.
(b) Give the author half a pint of milk a day.
(c) Give the author lots of green vegetables.
(d) Feed the author fish three times a week.

2. Who is Lorna?
(a) Laura's sister.
(b) Laura's daughter who gets pregnant.
(c) Nathaniel's other girlfriend.
(d) Laura's mother.

3. How does George treat his children?
(a) He dotes on them.
(b) He is ver protective of them.
(c) He expects them to be great successes.
(d) He beats them savagely, too.

4. What does Hat have the kids beg for from the Americans?
(a) Comic books.
(b) Money.
(c) Chewing gum and chocolate.
(d) food.

5. What does the author do for the first time when he arrives in Port of Spain?
(a) Takes a city bus.
(b) Attends a public school.
(c) Becomes afraid.
(d) Hears a calypso song.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?

4. How does George treat his second wife and his daughter?

5. What adjective describes George best?

(see the answer key)

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