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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After Big Foot leaves Miguel Street what is the last thing the author hears about him?
(a) He married a very pretty Indian woman.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He is a sailor on board a South American ship.
(d) He is a labourer in a quarry in Laventille.

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

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

7. How does Big Foot's mother treat him?
(a) She brags about him to the neighbors.
(b) She spoils him.
(c) She beats him savagely.
(d) She protects him from his father.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. What do the people of Miguel Street call his collection of junk?
(a) His materials.
(b) His fortune.
(c) His jewels.
(d) His goodies.

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

13. 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 gossips.
(d) As judgmental people.

14. 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) Four months after the war started.
(d) When he was a little boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Morgan's eldest son?

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

3. How fast did Big Foot run the hundred yards at school according to the people of Trinidad?

4. What does Mr. Bhakcu do in the evenings?

5. What does Boyee compare Laura's face to?

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