This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-17, Love, Love, Love, Alone, The Mechanical Genius, Caution, Until the Soldiers Came, Hat, How I Left Miguel Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author's mother decide to do about the author when he becomes so wild and drinks so much.
(a) She takes him to see Ganesh Pundit.
(b) She locks him in his room
(c) She asks Hat to come talk to him.
(d) She asks the police to lock him up for a couple of days.

2. How fast did Big Foot run the hundred yards at school according to the people of Trinidad?
(a) In nine point four seconds.
(b) In ten point four seconds.
(c) In twelve point two seconds.
(d) In eleven point three seconds.

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

4. What does Man-man start doing after his dog is dead?
(a) He preaches and gives his possessions away.
(b) He writes a book about his dog.
(c) He starts stealing from the shops on Miguel Street.
(d) He cries all the time.

5. What does the author's mother suggest to Mrs. Bhakcu that her husband become?
(a) An inn keeper.
(b) A pundit.
(c) A writer.
(d) A teacher.