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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 Tolroy, Moses's friend, he sees at the train station on page 19 from?

2. What luggage does an old woman have on page 21?

3. On page 35, what does Galahad pay for him and Moses to ride the bus?

4. What did Moses give Cap when Cap wore his out on page 45?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Bart?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Henry bring with him from Trinidad?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Lewis and Agnes are married. Why does Agnes leave Lewis?

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