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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elias do after his mother's death?
(a) He becomes a hermit.
(b) He drops out of the author's circle of friends.
(c) He becomes very ill.
(d) He disappears on a ship.

2. Why is Popo put in jail?
(a) He beats his second wife savagely.
(b) He stabs a man.
(c) He opens a brothel.
(d) He steals things and remodels them to sell.

3. What does Elias do after the second wife leaves his father?
(a) He gets a job on a ship.
(b) He spends his time studying for an exam.
(c) He becomes a waiter.
(d) He gets engaged to a local girl.

4. To whom does George marry off his daughter, Dolly?
(a) To a small, nasty man.
(b) To an American.
(c) To a prosperous, rich man.
(d) To Hat's cousin.

5. When Popo returns from his trip what does he do?
(a) He cheers up.
(b) He visits his friends on Miguel Street.
(c) He cries constantly and seeks consolation.
(d) He becomes angry and works constantly.

6. What finally happens to Man-man?
(a) He is sent to a private psychiatrist.
(b) He becomes a monk.
(c) The police take him away and put him under observation.
(d) He becomes a priest.

7. Who is Black Wordsworth?
(a) A Carnival character of the island.
(b) A friend of Man-man's.
(c) A friend of Elias's.
(d) A mant who visits the author one day.

8. What happens when Man-man's dog dies?
(a) He gets a cat and a dog.
(b) He becomes depressed and says he saw God.
(c) He gets two new dogs.
(d) He marries.

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

10. How does B. Wordsworth speak?
(a) With a heavy Trinidadian accent.
(b) With perfect English.
(c) With an American accent.
(d) With broken English.

11. What is the name of Dolly's husband?
(a) Knife.
(b) Sword.
(c) Razor.
(d) Dagger.

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

13. What does Popo's wife work as?
(a) A cook.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A laundress.
(d) A waitress.

14. What is George's ultimate fate?
(a) He marries a third wife.
(b) He lives alone, becomes old and dies.
(c) He leaves Trinidad and settles in South America.
(d) He makes lots of money.

15. What is Pogo's second wife's name?
(a) Emelda.
(b) Emilia .
(c) Ezmerelda.
(d) Lucia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who liked Popo?

2. In Chapter 4 with whom does Elias start spending a lot of time?

3. What is Bogart called before he is called Bogart?

4. What was rare for a man's wife to do on Miguel Street?

5. What does Man-man declare he is?

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