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

2. What does the exam given at Hoyt's school qualify the person who passes it to become?

3. Who is Black Wordsworth?

4. What does George do after his wife's funeral?

5. How does Bogart make his money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Man-man declare about himself and what happens then?

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

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

5. Describe Elias and tell what he does.

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

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

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

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

10. What is Elias's fate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Why do you think the people on Miguel Street considered Popo a "man-woman"? Do you agree or disagree with them and why?

2. Who was Popo's second wife and what did he start making after he married her?

3. Why was Popo put in jail and how did this change the men of Miguel Street's opinion of him?

4. Choose two of the above topics and write on them.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1. Describe Big Foot and tell why the author finds him so scary.

2. Who are Big Foot's parents, and how did his mother treat him and how did that influence how he behaves?

3. Describe the incident when the author and Big Foot meet alone on the beach.

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

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