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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 bus does Moses take to meet a fellow who is coming from Trinidad on page 16?

2. On page 38, what would some men read when Moses was new in London?

3. How long was Cap able to stay at a hotel after getting married before he had to leave on page 49?

4. On page 49, how much did Cap spend on a hotel after he got married?

5. When Cap is sent for a job that is supposed to be for storekeeping, what is the pay on page 42?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Henry bring with him from Trinidad?

3. Who was Bart?

4. What happened when Bart was dating a girl and she took him home to meet her parents?

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

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

7. How did Daniel like to impress the women he was seeing?

8. How did Cap happen to get married?

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

10. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Galahad loses his job. He is often hungry, and he decides to catch a pigeon and eat it. What is the woman wearing who denigrates Galahad for killing a pigeon? Is the woman being hypocritical?

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

In The Lonely Londoners, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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