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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Popo?

3. After Elias tries repeatedly to pass the exam and can't, what does he first become?

4. What is Bogart called before he is called Bogart?

5. In what time in history does the novel take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Popo do after he beats up his wife's lover and then what happens to him?

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

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

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

8. Where does Bogart go on his first disappearance from Miguel Street, how long is he gone and what does he do?

9. Describe Elias and tell what he does.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is Uncle Bhakcu's dream?

2. How does Uncle Bhakcu take his frustrations out on his wife, and why does he have these frustrations?

3. What does Bhakcu do after he gives up on his dream?

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1. What does Morgan want to do and what is his problem with that?

2 .What is Morgan's second ambition, what does he make all day long and why is this also a frustrating occupation for him?

3. How many children does Morgan have, what is his wife like and what does she do to him that makes the people of Miguel Street finally laugh at him?

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1. How does Edward make money and from whom?

2. Whom does Edward imitate and in what ways?

3. What does Edward tell Hat concerning an American girl? How does the relationship with the American girl end?

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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