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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mrs. Morgan call Mrs. Bhakcu?
(a) Chubby little woman.
(b) Dumb little woman.
(c) Thin- foot woman.
(d) Lazy woman.
2. How does the author's mother attempt to cure the cut on his shin?
(a) With gauze soaked in strong tea.
(b) With sooty cobwebs soaked in rum.
(c) With leaves from the aloe vera plant.
(d) With iodine.
3. What does Big Foot do in the cinema one day?
(a) He sticks a knife in the back of the seat of the author's chair.
(b) He screams at the top of his lungs.
(c) He throws his popcorn into the air.
(d) He puts his hands around Hat's throat.
4. What does Morgan try to be?
(a) A garbage man.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A comedian.
(d) A policeman.
5. What is the name of the woman who is seen hurrying from Morgan's house one night?
(a) Lucy White.
(b) Maria Alcott.
(c) Teresa Blake.
(d) Mary Chambers.
6. 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 goes swimming.
(c) He cuts his foot badly.
(d) He tells the author about his childhood.
7. What does Eddoes win every year?
(a) An award for being the most popular man.
(b) An award for being the best business man.
(c) An award for being the best-dressed man.
(d) An award for the cleanest scavenging cart.
8. How old is the author when he meets Titus Hoyt?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.
9. How fast did Big Foot run the hundred yards at school according to the people of Trinidad?
(a) In twelve point two seconds.
(b) In ten point four seconds.
(c) In eleven point three seconds.
(d) In nine point four seconds.
10. Why is everyone on Miguel Street so afraid of Big Foot?
(a) He killed a man.
(b) He's not afraid of anything.
(c) He's so big and black.
(d) He's so silent and dangerous-looking.
11. How many children does Morgan have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.
12. What is the name of Morgan's eldest son?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) John.
(c) Chris.
(d) Andrew.
13. What does Hat say that he learned from his mother?
(a) "Life is strange, but nice."
(b) "When a man gets something he wants badly, he doesn't like it."
(c) "When man really want something , he get it."
(d) "When a man loses something, it's a blessing."
14. When Morgan's house burns down , what fire is it compared to?
(a) When the Treasury burned down in 1933.
(b) When the post office burned down in 1928.
(c) When the jail burned down in 1932.
(d) When the town hall burned down in 1930.
15. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?
(a) Six cents.
(b) Four cents.
(c) Two cents.
(d) Five cents.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the most the author makes being involved in Hat's racket?
2. What person in the crowd at the big fight does the author watch?
3. What do Errol, Boyee and the author think will make the war end quickly?
4. What does Titus Hoyt think will make him an educated man?
5. What does Big Foot build during his short time as a carpenter?
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