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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was rare for a man's wife to do on Miguel Street?
(a) Be unhappy.
(b) Keep a clean house.
(c) Work.
(d) Have other woman friends.

2. What does Man-man start doing after his dog is dead?
(a) He writes a book about his dog.
(b) He cries all the time.
(c) He preaches and gives his possessions away.
(d) He starts stealing from the shops on Miguel Street.

3. How does George treat his children?
(a) He beats them savagely, too.
(b) He is ver protective of them.
(c) He expects them to be great successes.
(d) He dotes on them.

4. What does Popo do when he goes away after his wife leaves him?
(a) He writes poems about his wife.
(b) He beats up the man who stole his wife.
(c) He buys a small house on another island.
(d) He takes a long vacation.

5. What does Bogart do on his first trip away from Miguel Street?
(a) Gets married, works in a bar and has a child.
(b) Becomes a cowboy, smuggles things and runs a brothel.,
(c) Works in the fields, buys a horse and gets sick.
(d) Falls in love, buys a house and gambles.

6. After Elias tries repeatedly to pass the exam and can't, what does he first become?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A teacher in Hoyt's school.
(d) A sanitation inspector.

7. What does George do after his wife's funeral?
(a) He leaves for a week and comes back with a new wife.
(b) He vows never to beat any family member again.
(c) He apologizes to his two children and begs their forgiveness.
(d) He reforms and becomes a new man.

8. What does Dolly do at her wedding?
(a) She giggles.
(b) She does a solo dance.
(c) She cries.
(d) She sings.

9. What are the names of George's two children?
(a) Elias and Dolly.
(b) Elvis and Deanna.
(c) Elia and Dorothy.
(d) Elijah and Susan.

10. What happens when Man-man's dog dies?
(a) He gets a cat and a dog.
(b) He gets two new dogs.
(c) He marries.
(d) He becomes depressed and says he saw God.

11. Who is Popo?
(a) The author's uncle.
(b) A garbage man.
(c) A local carpenter.
(d) A comedian.

12. What does Dolly, George's daughter, do after George's second wife leaves him.
(a) SHe becomes a laundress.
(b) She runs away from home.
(c) She threatens to kill her father.
(d) She becomes a cook in the brothel.

13. How does George treat his wife?
(a) He's always giving her lectures.
(b) He treats her like a queen.
(c) He beats her savagely.
(d) He complains constantly about her house-cleaning.

14. How does Bogart make his money?
(a) By tailoring.
(b) As a comedian.
(c) As an innkeeper.
(d) By fixing cars.

15. What does Man-man like to do to people?
(a) Help them financially.
(b) Entertain them with his singing.
(c) Amuse them with his jokes.
(d) Play tricks on them using his dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Bogart gone the second time he disappears from Trinidad?

2. What does Elias do after his mother's death?

3. What kind of poem does B. Wordsworth intend to write?

4. What is the name of Dolly's husband?

5. How does George treat his second wife and his daughter?

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