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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 50, where did Cap's wife have to get a job?

2. Where is Tolroy's family from?

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

4. What was the name of a girl Lewis was seeing before he married Agnes?

5. On page 45, what did Moses lend Cap that he had to threaten to turn the police on him to get back?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cap happen to get married?

2. What does Henry bring with him from Trinidad?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Tolroy get the family settled?

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

9. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Office jobs usually go to whites. Blacks are given jobs that require hard labor. How are Blacks treated in London?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and character? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Selvon use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why is it particularly difficult to understand the idioms that are specific to West Indian language and culture?

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