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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. When Popo gets out of jail, how do the people of Miguel Street treat him?

2. What does Man-man start doing after his dog is dead?

3. What does Man-man like to do to people?

4. Why is Popo put in jail?

5. What does George do after his wife's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Man-man declare about himself and what happens then?

2. What kind of speech does Black Wordsworth have, and what does he claim about himself?

3. Who is Popo and who is he married to?

4. What happens to B. Wordsworth and his poem?

5. What does George begin to do after his wife's death, who does he marry next and what happens to them?

6. Where does Bogart go on his first disappearance from Miguel Street, how long is he gone and what does he do?

7. What do the author and B. Wordsworth do together and what does B. Wordsworth tell the author about the poem he wants to write?

8. How does Bogart change after his third disappearance, and why does Sergeant Charles arrest him?

9. What does Popo do after he beats up his wife's lover and then what happens to him?

10. What happens when Man-man's dog dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What happens to B. Wordsworth and why do you think this happens to him?

2. Why do you suppose the author remains anonymous in the book but appears in every episode?

3. Why do you suppose V. S. Naipaul's characters are more like caricatures than real characters? Explain your reasons.

4. Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1. What happens when Lorna tells Laura she's pregnant?

2. Who is Eddoes , what does he do for a living and how does he use that job to make extra money?

3. What causes Eddoes to lose his good spirits and what causes his good spirits to return?

4. Choose two of the above topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1. What does Man-man do after his beloved dog dies?

2. Who is B. Wordsworth , how does he describe himself and how does he interact with the author?

3. What is B. Wordsworth's dream and how does he plan to accomplish it?

4. Choose two of the topics to write on.

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