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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the exam given at Hoyt's school qualify the person who passes it to become?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A dentist.

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

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

6. What is Popo like till his wife leaves him?
(a) A bully.
(b) A nice, hard-working man.
(c) A clown.
(d) A shy introvert.

7. What do the people on Miguel Street think Popo is?
(a) A hero.
(b) A "man-woman".
(c) A jerk.
(d) A natural poet.

8. What does Popo do when he goes away after his wife leaves him?
(a) He takes a long vacation.
(b) He buys a small house on another island.
(c) He writes poems about his wife.
(d) He beats up the man who stole his wife.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pogo's second wife's name?

2. What kind of poem does B. Wordsworth intend to write?

3. Who is Black Wordsworth?

4. What adjective describes George best?

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

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