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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Big Foot when he and the author go to the sea-wall at Dockside?
(a) He and the author finally become good friends.
(b) He tells the author about his childhood.
(c) He goes swimming.
(d) He cuts his foot badly.

2. Who is Nathaniel?
(a) Laura's mean brother.
(b) Laura's father.
(c) A street thief.
(d) The one man Laura has two babies by.

3. When did the author meet Titus Hoyt?
(a) A year or two before the war after his father died.
(b) A year after the war started.
(c) When he was a little boy.
(d) Four months after the war started.

4. How much does Hat pay out after Big Foot's big fight?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) A hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

5. From where does the author's mother fetch him?
(a) From Venezuela.
(b) From Chaguanas.
(c) From Tobago.
(d) From Arima.

6. What does Eddoes win every year?
(a) An award for being the best business man.
(b) An award for the cleanest scavenging cart.
(c) An award for being the best-dressed man.
(d) An award for being the most popular man.

7. What does Hat have the kids beg for from the Americans?
(a) food.
(b) Money.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Chewing gum and chocolate.

8. What does Mrs. Morgan look like?
(a) A little over six feet tall and built like a weight-lifter.
(b) Five feet tall and built like a wrestler.
(c) Five and a half feet tall with a small waist.
(d) Five feet eight inches tall and with lots of muscles.

9. How old is the author when he meets Titus Hoyt?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

10. What course does Titus Hoyt take for three months.
(a) A language course.
(b) A writing course.
(c) A course in ancient Greek.
(d) A Red Cross first aid course.

11. What is Big Foot's father?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A priest.

12. What does Mrs. Morgan call Mrs. Bhakcu?
(a) Chubby little woman.
(b) Thin- foot woman.
(c) Lazy woman.
(d) Dumb little woman.

13. What bet does the author place on Big Foot's big fight?
(a) Twenty cents that Big Foot would lose.
(b) Ten dollars that Big Foot would win.
(c) Ten cents that Big Foot would win.
(d) Six cents that Big Foot would lose.

14. What does Morgan do when he's having a fit of craziness?
(a) He beats on his iron fence and shouts at Bhakcu.
(b) He rages at his wife and beats her.
(c) He laughs crazily and shouts at Hat.
(d) He weeps and bemoans his fate.

15. What does the author do for the first time when he arrives in Port of Spain?
(a) Becomes afraid.
(b) Attends a public school.
(c) Takes a city bus.
(d) Hears a calypso song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Titus Hoyt think will make him an educated man?

2. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?

3. How many children does Morgan have?

4. What does Mrs. Bhakcu look like?

5. What is the name of Eddoes' baby?

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