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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 goes swimming.
(c) He tells the author about his childhood.
(d) He cuts his foot badly.

2. What is the name of Morgan's eldest son?
(a) Chris.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) John.
(d) Andrew.

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

4. What does Big Foot build during his short time as a carpenter?
(a) Two large chests.
(b) Two or three enormous wardrobes.
(c) A kitchen cabinet.
(d) A small storage house.

5. What does Boyee compare Laura's face to?
(a) A pumpkin.
(b) A pig's face.
(c) A motor-car battery.
(d) A pancake.

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

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

8. Morgan is more like what than a man?
(a) A dog.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

9. What had Hat's mother told him when he was little?
(a) "Boy, never laugh at people ,they no like you."
(b) "Boy, you laughing all day, I bet you you go cry tonight."
(c) Boy, be good brother to Edward."
(d) Boy, you look like little bird, people will laugh at you."

10. What makes Morgan crazy with rage?
(a) Nobody uses his fireworks.
(b) He has no friends.
(c) He is poor.
(d) His wife nags him.

11. 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 business man.
(d) An award for being the best-dressed man.

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

13. What does Morgan try to be?
(a) A comedian.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A garbage man.

14. When Morgan's house burns down , what fire is it compared to?
(a) When the jail burned down in 1932.
(b) When the town hall burned down in 1930.
(c) When the Treasury burned down in 1933.
(d) When the post office burned down in 1928.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author do for the first time when he arrives in Port of Spain?

2. What course does Titus Hoyt take for three months.

3. How old is the author when he meets Titus Hoyt?

4. After Big Foot leaves Miguel Street what is the last thing the author hears about him?

5. What does Titus Hoyt persuade the author's mother to do?

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