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

2. How does the author describe the people of Miguel Street when they contemplate where Morgan went after the fire?
(a) As romancers.
(b) As fools.
(c) As judgmental people.
(d) As gossips.

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

4. When Titus Hoyt leaves the author and his mother what does he say?
(a) So long.
(b) Cheerio.
(c) Adios.
(d) Bye bye.

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

6. How many children had Morgan's father had?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

7. What person in the crowd at the big fight does the author watch?
(a) A woman with her hands over her eyes.
(b) A woman eating peanuts.
(c) A man cheering Big Foot on.
(d) A man eating a banana.

8. What does Morgan look like?
(a) He is medium-sized.
(b) He is small with very small hands and thin wrists.
(c) He is large with a round face.
(d) He is chubby with fat hands.

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

10. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?
(a) Two cents.
(b) Four cents.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Six cents.

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

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

13. What is Titus Hoyt wearing when the author first meets him?
(a) Tan shorts and a tan shirt.
(b) Jeans and a red shirt.
(c) White shorts and a white shirt.
(d) Blue slacks and a white shirt.

14. What is the name of the woman who is seen hurrying from Morgan's house one night?
(a) Maria Alcott.
(b) Lucy White.
(c) Mary Chambers.
(d) Teresa Blake.

15. Who comforts the author when he starts crying?
(a) His mother.
(b) Morgan.
(c) Hat.
(d) A little girl in a pink dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Titus Hoyt ask the author to do?

2. Why doesn't Hat like Morgan?

3. What is the heading on the paper Chris, Morgan's fourth son, shows the author?

4. What finally makes the people of Miguel Street laugh at Morgan?

5. From where does the author's mother fetch him?

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