View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the exam given at Hoyt's school qualify the person who passes it to become?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A doctor.

2. How long is Bogart gone the second time he disappears from Trinidad?
(a) A year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Five months.

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

4. In what time in history does the novel take place?
(a) During WWII.
(b) During the Civil War.
(c) During the Korean War.
(d) During WWI.

5. What is surprising about how the people of Miguel Street regard other inhabitants in the street?
(a) They are very forgiving.
(b) They are indifferent.
(c) They admire extreme masculine brutality, drunkenness etc.
(d) They love one another intensely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of poem does B. Wordsworth intend to write?

3. What does Elias do after the second wife leaves his father?

4. What is the eventual fate of George's wife, the mother of his children?

5. Where does Popo travel to after his wife leaves him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elias's fate?

2. Who is Popo and who is he married to?

3. Describe George and what he does.

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

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

6. What happens when Man-man's dog dies?

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

8. Give a short description of Bogart, how he interacts with his friends, and what he does for a living.

9. How does Bogart change after his third disappearance, and why does Sergeant Charles arrest him?

10. What happens to B. Wordsworth and his poem?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 800 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample