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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does a Jamaican fellow charge for double rooms on page 20?
(a) 5 guineas.
(b) 3 guineas.
(c) 3 or 4 guineas.
(d) 1 or 2 guineas.

2. What was the name of a girl Lewis was seeing before he married Agnes?
(a) Millie.
(b) Mable.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Hattie.

3. On page 43, how many weeks did Cap pretend to work to please his girlfriend?
(a) 1 1/2.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 2 1/2.

4. What were Cap's favorite cigarettes?
(a) Chesterfields.
(b) Lucky Strikes.
(c) Pall Malls.
(d) Benson and Hedges.

5. Where did the employment exchange send Cap for storekeeping work on page 42?
(a) Bus depot.
(b) Railway.
(c) Factory.
(d) Grocery.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 19, how much does Moses comment that Tolroy and his countrymen can live on per week and also save money?

2. After Cap got married, how much money did he ask Daniel to lend him on page 49?

3. What is the name of a man who sends men to Moses to help them find a place to stay and work on page 17?

4. On page 26, how much money can an immigrant bring into Britain from Jamaica?

5. Where was Cap's girl from on page 42 who was a sharp dresser?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

2. On page 16, why is Moses going to Waterloo Station?

3. Why is Tolroy at Waterloo Station on page 19, and why is he surprised when the train arrives?

4. Why is it important that records at the employment office indicated if someone is colored?

5. How did Cap happen to get married?

6. How does Moses compare the way Blacks are treated in England and how they are treated in America?

7. Why does Moses scatter the men he helps settle into London on page 18?

8. How does Tolroy get the family settled?

9. What could Henry have brought with him when he comes to London from Trinidad?

10. What relationship did Cap have with an Austrian woman?

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