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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Popo travel to after his wife leaves him?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Tobago.
(c) Arima.
(d) Carrera.

3. What does Dolly do at her wedding?
(a) She does a solo dance.
(b) She cries.
(c) She giggles.
(d) She sings.

4. What does Bogart buy?
(a) Movie magazines.
(b) A sewing machine and blue, white and brown chalks.
(c) Sweepstakes tickets and a sewing machine.
(d) Thread of many colors and thimbles.

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

6. What happens at Dolly's wedding?
(a) The crowd throws flowers at her and her groom.
(b) The crowd cheers her.
(c) Some of the people in the crowd seranade her.
(d) The crowd mocks her.

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

8. When Popo gets out of jail, how do the people of Miguel Street treat him?
(a) Like a comedian.
(b) Like a hero, better than Hat or Bogart.
(c) Like an ex-con.
(d) Like a ruined man.

9. 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.

10. What does Bogart do on his first trip away from Miguel Street?
(a) Becomes a cowboy, smuggles things and runs a brothel.,
(b) Works in the fields, buys a horse and gets sick.
(c) Falls in love, buys a house and gambles.
(d) Gets married, works in a bar and has a child.

11. Who liked Popo?
(a) The author's mother.
(b) Bogart.
(c) Hat.
(d) The author.

12. In Chapter 4 with whom does Elias start spending a lot of time?
(a) The author.
(b) Hat.
(c) Titus Hoyt.
(d) His sister, Dolly.

13. Who does Hat look and talk like?
(a) Cary Grant.
(b) Clark Gable.
(c) Errol Flynn.
(d) Rex Harrison.

14. When Elias can't pass the exam for his license, what does he become?
(a) A poet.
(b) A cook.
(c) A boxer.
(d) The driver of a scavenging cart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bogart in South America?

2. What does George do after his wife's funeral?

3. Why is Popo put in jail?

4. What is Popo like till his wife leaves him?

5. What happens when Man-man's dog dies?

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