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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) Feed the author fish three times a week.
(b) Bake home-made bread for the author.
(c) Give the author lots of green vegetables.
(d) Give the author half a pint of milk a day.

2. What does Titus Hoyt think will make him an educated man?
(a) Going to England to study.
(b) Studying the Greek philosophers.
(c) Reading the Guardian.
(d) Following a time-table every day.

3. What does the author accomplish ?
(a) Wrutes a book of poetry.
(b) Marries a very wealthy Trinidadian girl.
(c) Passes the exam qualifying him to become a doctor.
(d) Gets a teaching position in Hoyt's school.

4. What kind of poem does B. Wordsworth intend to write?
(a) The greatest poem in the world.
(b) A poem on nature.
(c) A poem about Trinidad.
(d) A love poem.

5. After Big Foot leaves Miguel Street what is the last thing the author hears about him?
(a) He is a sailor on board a South American ship.
(b) He is a labourer in a quarry in Laventille.
(c) He married a very pretty Indian woman.
(d) He becomes a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Popo returns from his trip what does he do?

2. What is the name of Dolly's husband?

3. What does the exam given at Hoyt's school qualify the person who passes it to become?

4. How many years does B.Wordsworth expect to spend writing his poem?

5. How much does Hat pay out after Big Foot's big fight?

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