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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 finally makes the people of Miguel Street laugh at Morgan?

2. What is Titus Hoyt wearing when the author first meets him?

3. What bet does the author place on Big Foot's big fight?

4. From where does the author's mother fetch him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What else was Morgan besides a comedian, and what did he do all day:?

4. Describe Big Foot and why the author is frightened of him.

5. What does Titus do after getting his certificate?

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

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

8. Who are Big Foot's parents, and what had hardened him as a child?

9. Why do the people of Miguel Street finally laugh at Morgan, and what happens to him then?

10. How many children does Morgan have and with whom is he married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. After quitting his job, what does Mr. Bolo do and then what does he ask the author to do for him?

2. What does the author tell Mr. Bolo that he doesn't believe and what stupid thing does he do?

3. Who is Edward and what does he do for his friends?

4. Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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