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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Popo returns from his trip what does he do?
(a) He cheers up.
(b) He cries constantly and seeks consolation.
(c) He becomes angry and works constantly.
(d) He visits his friends on Miguel Street.

2. What happens when Man-man's dog dies?
(a) He marries.
(b) He gets a cat and a dog.
(c) He gets two new dogs.
(d) He becomes depressed and says he saw God.

3. What does Elias do after his mother's death?
(a) He becomes very ill.
(b) He becomes a hermit.
(c) He drops out of the author's circle of friends.
(d) He disappears on a ship.

4. What does Popo do when his wife leaves him?
(a) He works very hard.
(b) He starts sleeping around.
(c) He cries a lot.
(d) He takes up drinking.

5. Why is Popo put in jail?
(a) He opens a brothel.
(b) He stabs a man.
(c) He beats his second wife savagely.
(d) He steals things and remodels them to sell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George's wife do?

2. How many years does B.Wordsworth expect to spend writing his poem?

3. When Elias can't pass the exam for his license, what does he become?

4. What does Bogart do on his first trip away from Miguel Street?

5. Who is Popo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of speech does Black Wordsworth have, and what does he claim about himself?

2. How long is Bogart gone the second time he disappears and how does he change?

3. What does George begin to do after his wife's death, who does he marry next and what happens to them?

4. What happens to George's first wife and Elias?

5. What makes Popo change from a nice, hard-working , happy man to a heavy drinker and what makes him travel to Arima?

6. What does the author talk to Man-Man about, and what is the particular characteristic of Man-man's speech?

7. What do the author and B. Wordsworth do together and what does B. Wordsworth tell the author about the poem he wants to write?

8. Describe Elias and tell what he does.

9. Describe Man-man and the tricks he plays on people.

10. What is Elias's fate?

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