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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. How much does a Jamaican fellow charge for double rooms on page 20?

3. What is the name of a man who sends men to Moses to help them find a place to stay and work on page 17?

4. What police did a German woman send after Cap on page 44?

5. Where was Cap's friend from on page 47 who had a garage business?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Tanty Bessy take care of Tolroy when he was a child?

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

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

6. Who was Bart?

7. Why is Tolroy at Waterloo Station on page 19, and why is he surprised when the train arrives?

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

9. How does Tolroy get the family settled?

10. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

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

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What is the setting in The Lonely Londoners? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Cap is a Nigerian who lives at a hostel when Moses is new to London. Why would Cap be considered a freeloader?

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