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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 season is it at the beginning of The Lonely Londoners?

2. What color ink is used on the records of men from Jamaica on page 37?

3. What were Cap's favorite cigarettes?

4. On page 26, how many cigarettes are immigrants allowed to bring with them?

5. On page 37, where does Moses tell Galahad a man was from who tore up all the files and papers at the employment office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

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

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

4. On page 30, how is Galahad described?

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

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

7. Who was Captain?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Lonely Londoners is written in English and uses a partial recreation of Trinidadian speech patterns. How is language used in The Lonely Londoners? How does Selvon use language and dialect in the narrative and the dialogue?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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