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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does B.Wordsworth expect to spend writing his poem?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Twenty-two years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Three years.

2. In what time in history does the novel take place?
(a) During WWI.
(b) During the Korean War.
(c) During the Civil War.
(d) During WWII.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Man-man like to do to people?
(a) Play tricks on them using his dog.
(b) Help them financially.
(c) Entertain them with his singing.
(d) Amuse them with his jokes.

8. What does Sergeant Charles arrest Bogart for?
(a) Being a public nuisance.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Bigamy.
(d) Drunkeness.

9. What is the eventual fate of George's wife, the mother of his children?
(a) She seeks refuge in the author's house.
(b) She runs away and hides on board a ship.
(c) She dies from the beatings and is given a shabby funeral.
(d) She leaves George and moves in wtih another man.

10. How does Bogart make his money?
(a) As an innkeeper.
(b) By tailoring.
(c) By fixing cars.
(d) As a comedian.

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

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

13. What does Popo do when his wife leaves him?
(a) He works very hard.
(b) He cries a lot.
(c) He takes up drinking.
(d) He starts sleeping around.

14. What nationality is George's second wife?
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) Indian.
(d) Trinidadian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolly do at her wedding?

2. What does Elias do after the second wife leaves his father?

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

4. After Elias tries repeatedly to pass the exam and can't, what does he first become?

5. Who does Hat look and talk like?

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