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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. What did Bart lend Cap on page 52?

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

3. Where has Big City told Moses that there might be a house that has vacant rooms on page 19?

4. On page 47, where was the woman from who agreed to marry Cap?

5. Where was Cap's friend from on page 47 who had a garage business?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

3. Who was Captain?

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

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

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

7. Why is Tolroy at Waterloo Station on page 19, and why is he surprised when the train arrives?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Office jobs usually go to whites. Blacks are given jobs that require hard labor. How are Blacks treated in London?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Selvon use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Lonely Londoners?

Essay Topic 3

Galahad loses his job. He is often hungry, and he decides to catch a pigeon and eat it. What is the woman wearing who denigrates Galahad for killing a pigeon? Is the woman being hypocritical?

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