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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 does B. Wordsworth speak?

2. Who liked Popo?

3. What does the author accomplish ?

4. How does George treat his second wife and his daughter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What happens to B. Wordsworth and why do you think this happens to him?

2. Why do you suppose the author remains anonymous in the book but appears in every episode?

3. Why do you suppose V. S. Naipaul's characters are more like caricatures than real characters? Explain your reasons.

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

Essay Topic 2

1. Where does Bogart go on his first two-month trip, and what does he do on the trip?

2. What does Bogart start doing after his four-month disappearance. Why do you think this occurred?

3. Why does Sergeant Charles arrest Bogart?

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

Essay Topic 3

1. What happens to Dolly, George's daughter?

2. Describe Elias, George's son, and what he tries to accomplish and then what he actually does do.

3 What tricks does Man-man play on the people of Miguel Street using his dog?

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

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