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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Morgan look like?
(a) Five feet eight inches tall and with lots of muscles.
(b) Five feet tall and built like a wrestler.
(c) A little over six feet tall and built like a weight-lifter.
(d) Five and a half feet tall with a small waist.

2. When Morgan's house burns down , what fire is it compared to?
(a) When the Treasury burned down in 1933.
(b) When the town hall burned down in 1930.
(c) When the jail burned down in 1932.
(d) When the post office burned down in 1928.

3. What does Eddoes win every year?
(a) An award for being the most popular man.
(b) An award for the cleanest scavenging cart.
(c) An award for being the best business man.
(d) An award for being the best-dressed man.

4. How many children had Morgan's father had?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

5. How much does Hat pay out after Big Foot's big fight?
(a) Two hundred dollars.
(b) A hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?

2. What does Morgan start doing about two or three times a week?

3. What bet does the author place on Big Foot's big fight?

4. From where does the author's mother fetch him?

5. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Big Foot do for a living and what happens one day on the beach when the author and Big Foot connect briefly?

2. What changes Eddoes's happy disposition?

3. What is the main focus of chapter 10 where Laura is introduced to the reader?

4. What does Titus do because he is not really qualified to become a teacher?

5. Who is Eddoes and what does he do for a living?

6. What happens when Laura's daughter, Lorna, gets pregnant?

7. What does Titus do after getting his certificate?

8. Who is Mr. Titus Hoyt, and when does the author meet him?

9. What happens to Eddoes's baby and what is her name?

10. Describe Nathaniel and his relationship with Laura.

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