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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. On page 40, what bird would Cap tell Moses he saw flying over his bed?
(a) Robin.
(b) Dove.
(c) Blue jay.
(d) Pigeon.

2. On page 18, how long has Moses been in Britain?
(a) 8 or 9 years.
(b) 12 or 13 years.
(c) 9 or 10 years.
(d) 10 or 11 years.

3. On page 17, to whom did Moses send men to find work in the luggage department of King's Cross Station?
(a) Samson.
(b) Martin.
(c) John.
(d) Absalom.

4. On page 16, what train station does Moses go to?
(a) Satford Junction.
(b) Charing Cross.
(c) King's Cross.
(d) Waterloo.

5. On page 35, what does Galahad pay for him and Moses to ride the bus?
(a) 20 cents.
(b) 8 cents.
(c) 16 cents.
(d) 15 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 22, how many people come with Tolroy's mother from Jamaica?

2. Where is Tolroy's family from?

3. What money did Moses lend a man named Bart that he never got back on page 51?

4. What is the weather like when Moses is traveling by bus to the train station on page 18?

5. How much money did Cap leave owing a landlady at Earl's Court on page 44?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry bring with him from Trinidad?

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

3. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

4. On page 40, how did Cap try to stay with Moses for a while?

5. Where did Moses live when he first came to London?

6. How does Tolroy get the family settled?

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

8. Why does Moses not recognize Henry Oliver as the person he is to meet on page 24?

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

10. What is the situation for people from the West Indies immigrating to Britain on page 17?

(see the answer keys)

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