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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. Where is the employment exchange located whereMoses sends Galahad on page 32?

2. On page 17, how many people are coming to England from the West Indies?

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

4. On page 42, how much was Cap told he would be paid for storekeeping work?

5. On page 55, what was the name of a girl Bart was seeing who disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. On page 45, what did Moses lend Cap one winter, and what did he have to do to get it back?

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

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

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

5. How did Cap happen to get married?

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

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

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

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

10. On page 16, why is Moses going to Waterloo Station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tolroy is upset that Tanty has come to London. Why is Tolroy upset that Tanty had come to London? Is he being ungrateful for all she has done for him in the past?

Essay Topic 2

Big City grew up in an orphanage in Trinidad. What type of life does Big City have? What dreams does he have? How do his dreams and hopes help him survive?

Essay Topic 3

Stream of consciousness is a narrative style. How does Selvon use the stream-of-consciousness narrative style? How does this narrative style capture the experience of summer in London?

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