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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 type of musical instrument did Tolroy bring when he came to Britain?

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

3. When Cap is sent for a job that is supposed to be for storekeeping, what is the pay on page 42?

4. On page 19, how much does Moses comment that Tolroy and his countrymen can live on per week and also save money?

5. On page 45, what color jacket did an Austrian girl give Cap?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tolroy get the family settled?

2. Why is it important that records at the employment office indicated if someone is colored?

3. Why do Lewis and Agnes get a divorce?

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

5. What does Henry bring with him from Trinidad?

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

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

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

9. Who was Bart?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Selvon use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why is it particularly difficult to understand the idioms that are specific to West Indian language and culture?

Essay Topic 2

Big City grew up in an orphanage in Trinidad. What type of life does Big City have? What dreams does he have? How do his dreams and hopes help him survive?

Essay Topic 3

Harris wants to be a part of white London culture. How is Harris trying to find his identity? Why does he feel he has to reject his ethnicity in order to be accepted by upper-class British society?

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