2. 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.

3. What does Hat say that he learned from his mother?
(a) "Life is strange, but nice."
(b) "When a man loses something, it's a blessing."
(c) "When a man gets something he wants badly, he doesn't like it."
(d) "When man really want something , he get it."

4. Why doesn't Hat like Morgan?
(a) He feels he's a fool
(b) He doesn't like that he beats his children.
(c) He feels he's a liar and overdoes everything.
(d) He doesn't like his sense of humor.

5. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?
(a) He went off to sea.
(b) He became a devout priest again entering a monastery.
(c) He was put in jail for good.
(d) He was killed in the oil field riots in 1937.

6. What finally makes the people of Miguel Street laugh at Morgan?
(a) His children making fun of him.
(b) Bhakcu beating him up.
(c) His wife holding him up by the waist.
(d) A joke he tells.

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

8. What does Morgan start doing about two or three times a week?
(a) He weeps.
(b) He explodes his fireworks.
(c) He makes jokes.
(d) He challenges Bhakcu to fight.

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

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

11. What do Errol, Boyee and the author think will make the war end quickly?
(a) Getting more countries to join the war effort.
(b) Making Anthony Eden Prime Minister.
(c) American soldiers.
(d) Dropping more bombs on the Germans.

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

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

14. Why does the author start crying soon after arriving in Port of Spain?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) He can't make friends.
(c) He doesn't like Miguel Street.
(d) He gets lost.

15. Who is Lorna?
(a) Laura's daughter who gets pregnant.
(b) Laura's sister.
(c) Laura's mother.
(d) Nathaniel's other girlfriend.