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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Buyer's Market.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barbara cut through Jenkins' shyness when they meet?
(a) She gives him a hug.
(b) She provokes him into anger.
(c) She pretends they have met before.
(d) She urges him to ask her to dance.

2. Why does Templer leave his evening with Jenkins early in Chapter 4 of "A Question of Upbringing"?
(a) He sees a girl he likes.
(b) He has been invited to a party.
(c) He is feeling ill.
(d) He has to meet his mother's train.

3. Whose home is Jenkins invited to in Chapter 3 of "A Buyer's Market"?
(a) The Waldpole-Wilsons'.
(b) Giles'.
(c) Widmerpool's.
(d) Templer's.

4. What field does Widmerpool intend to pursue an occupation in?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Science.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Law.

5. What do the boys see one day as they walk past the police station?
(a) A fist fight.
(b) A lost dog.
(c) A wanted poster.
(d) A drunk in handcuffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the building Ralph lives in?

2. With which of his schoolmates does Jenkins say he has most in common?

3. What is Jenkins looking at at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Giles do while visiting the dormitory which could get Jenkins in trouble?

5. What does Le Bas ask the boys to identify when they find him in the countryside?

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