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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Titus Hoyt teach himself?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Latin.
(c) French.
(d) Greek.

6. What does Titus Hoyt ask the author to do?
(a) Write a poem.
(b) Learn Latin.
(c) Write to the Mayor of Port of Spain.
(d) Write to the Editor of the Trinidad Guardian.

7. How does the author's mother attempt to cure the cut on his shin?
(a) With sooty cobwebs soaked in rum.
(b) With iodine.
(c) With leaves from the aloe vera plant.
(d) With gauze soaked in strong tea.

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

9. What bet does the author place on Big Foot's big fight?
(a) Six cents that Big Foot would lose.
(b) Ten dollars that Big Foot would win.
(c) Twenty cents that Big Foot would lose.
(d) Ten cents that Big Foot would win.

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

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

12. Why is everyone on Miguel Street so afraid of Big Foot?
(a) He's so silent and dangerous-looking.
(b) He's not afraid of anything.
(c) He's so big and black.
(d) He killed a man.

13. What does Titus Hoyt think will make him an educated man?
(a) Following a time-table every day.
(b) Studying the Greek philosophers.
(c) Going to England to study.
(d) Reading the Guardian.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Laura have?

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

3. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?

4. What do the people of Miguel Street call his collection of junk?

5. What does Hat say that he learned from his mother?

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