About the Author
Toco Fever
Novel's Characters
Scenes from the novel
Kumaca Action
100
What was the name of the author, Earl Lovelace's second novel?
The Schoolmaster
100
Who gave the town Toco its name?
The Amerindians / The Carib people
100
Who drove the donkey to and from Kumaca?
Benn
100
Do you remember that scene! Charades
Pedro writing a letter to Christiana's father to request her hand in marriage.
100
Figure it out! Puzzle
A new road
200
How old is the author, Earl Lovelace?
seventy-seven (77 yrs.) years. He was born in 1935
200
True or False. In the 1700's, Capuchin Priest from Spain came on a missionary trip to Toco to convert the Amerindians located there.
True
200
Who was the main character in the novel, "The Schoolmaster" that pressed for the school to be built?
Paulaine Dandrade
200
What instrument does Pedro play?
The flute
200
Show me a motion!
Dance
300
Where did the author, Earl Lovelace start to write novels?
In Valencia
300
True or False. The Dutch expelled the Sir Henry Colt's English force in 1637.
True
300
Do you remember that scene? Charades
Benn drunk speaking to the priest
300
What happened to Christiana as a result of the schoolmaster raping her?
She became pregnant
300
What was the priest name that Paulaine Dandrade visited to build the school in Kumaca?
Father Vincent
400
Name that place!
View from Laventille Hill
400
Do you remember that scene? Charades
Pedro Assevero playing the flute for Christiana
400
Who is Francis Assivero?
Pedro's / Pedro Assivero's father
400
Why was Christiana responsible for the care of her household?
Her mother died
400
Who bought land from the village in expectation of the construction of the road?
Ignacio Dardain / shopkeeper
500
Name two (2) other professions that the author, Earl Lovelace had besides a novelist.
Forest Ranger, Journalist, Short-story writer, Playwright, Proofreader, Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, resident writer at USA and UK Universities.
500
Show me a motion!
Dance
500
What is the schoolmaster's name?
Winston Warrick / Mr. Warrick
500
What did Pedro's father carry with him when he visited Paulaine Dandrade to request his daughter's hand in marriage for Pedro?
A brown, wooden jewel-box and Pedro's letter to Paulaine Dandrade
500
Name that place!
The Pitch Lake
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