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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 Mrs. Bhakcu look like?

2. When Titus Hoyt leaves the author and his mother what does he say?

3. How old is the author when he meets Titus Hoyt?

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

5. How does the author's mother attempt to cure the cut on his shin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the main focus of chapter 10 where Laura is introduced to the reader?

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

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

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

7. What does Titus do because he is not really qualified to become a teacher?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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