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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does George treat his wife?
(a) He's always giving her lectures.
(b) He beats her savagely.
(c) He complains constantly about her house-cleaning.
(d) He treats her like a queen.

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

3. How does George treat his second wife and his daughter?
(a) He becomes the "model" husband and father.
(b) He starts beating them both savagely .
(c) He plans starting to e preptar
(d) He serves them breakfast sandwiches and coffee.

4. How many lines a month does B.Wordsworth intend to write on his poem.
(a) One line a month.
(b) Ten lines a month.
(c) Two lines a month.
(d) Five lines a month.

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

6. What does George do after his wife's funeral?
(a) He apologizes to his two children and begs their forgiveness.
(b) He leaves for a week and comes back with a new wife.
(c) He reforms and becomes a new man.
(d) He vows never to beat any family member again.

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

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

10. What does Man-man declare he is?
(a) He declares he's an American.
(b) He declares he's an orphan who is actually a prince.
(c) He declares he's the new messiah and will be crucified.
(d) He declares he's a politician who will rule Trinidad.

11. What is Bogart called before he is called Bogart?
(a) Peck.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Patience.
(d) Gable.

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

13. What do the men play in Bogart's room when he's in to British Guiana?
(a) Gin Rummy.
(b) Wappee.
(c) Poker.
(d) Bridge.

14. How long is Bogart gone the first time he disappears from Miguel Street?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Popo gets out of jail, how do the people of Miguel Street treat him?

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

3. Who is Popo?

4. In what time in history does the novel take place?

5. What adjective describes George best?

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