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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. On page 40, how long might Cap stay on a job?

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

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

4. Where has Big City told Moses that there might be a house that has vacant rooms on page 19?

5. On page 25, who does Henry Oliver say told him that Moses would meet him at the train station?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Bart?

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

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

4. How does Tolroy get the family settled?

5. What is the weather like when Moses takes a bus to Waterloo Station on page 16?

6. On page 30, how is Galahad described?

7. How did Cap carry on after he got married?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moses finds London to be a "lonely miserable city" (114). Why is Moses lonely in London?

Essay Topic 2

Harris wants to be a part of white London culture. How is Harris trying to find his identity? Why does he feel he has to reject his ethnicity in order to be accepted by upper-class British society?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Lonely Londoners? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Selvon uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

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