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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long is Bogart gone the second time he disappears from Trinidad?
(a) Five months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) A year.

4. 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.

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

6. How does George treat the author?
(a) He threatens to beat him up.
(b) He calls him names.
(c) He threatens to harm his mother.
(d) He treats him like a true friend.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who is Popo?
(a) A local carpenter.
(b) The author's uncle.
(c) A garbage man.
(d) A comedian.

13. What does Man-man start doing after his dog is dead?
(a) He writes a book about his dog.
(b) He starts stealing from the shops on Miguel Street.
(c) He cries all the time.
(d) He preaches and gives his possessions away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popo's wife work as?

2. What do the people on Miguel Street think Popo is?

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

4. Who is Black Wordsworth?

5. Whom does Popo marry the second time?

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