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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. Morgan is more like what than a man?

2. How does the author describe the people of Miguel Street when they contemplate where Morgan went after the fire?

3. What do Errol, Boyee and the author think will make the war end quickly?

4. What course does Titus Hoyt take for three months.

5. What is the name of the woman who is seen hurrying from Morgan's house one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Eddoes and what does he do for a living?

2. What does Titus Hoyt urge the author to do, why and against whose wishes?

3. What does Titus do after getting his certificate?

4. Who is Mr. Titus Hoyt, and when does the author meet him?

5. What does Big Foot do for a living and what happens one day on the beach when the author and Big Foot connect briefly?

6. What makes Big Foot grow in prominence and respect on Miguel Street, and how does he lose that respect?

7. Who is Morgan and what is his problem?

8. What happens when Laura's daughter, Lorna, gets pregnant?

9. How does Eddoes use his job to make extra money?

10. What happens to Eddoes's baby and what is her name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What does Titus Hoyt encourage the author to do and who is against this?

2. What does Titus Hoyt do after he gets his teaching certificate?

3. How does Titus gain recognition?

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

Essay Topic 2

1. How does the author change when he becomes eighteen and what does his mother decide he should do?

2. Who does the author's mother take him to see and what is the result?

3. Describe the party the author's mother throws for him.

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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