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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 does Sergeant Charles arrest Bogart for?

2. How long is Bogart gone the second time he disappears from Trinidad?

3. What finally happens to Man-man?

4. What was rare for a man's wife to do on Miguel Street?

5. What is surprising about how the people of Miguel Street regard other inhabitants in the street?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Elias and tell what he does.

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

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

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

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

9. What man with the name of a famous poet stops by the author's house one day, and what does he tell the author?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. How many children does Laura have by how many men?

2. Describe Laura's personality.

3. Describe Nathaniel and describe how Laura treats him.

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

Essay Topic 2

1. What happens to Toni after Angela leaves him?

2. Who is Uncle Bhakcu and what does he do for a living?

3. How do the people of Miguel Street help uncle Bhakcu?

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

Essay Topic 3

1. Describe Toni and Angela Hereira.

2. How does Toni treat Angela and what does she do because of this that puts her in contact with the author's mother?

3. What does Angela do when she finally leaves Toni?

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

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