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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 76-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Harry is wandering through Piccadilly Circus, still high from smoking with Poor, what is he thinking about?
(a) Missing his family in Montego Bay.
(b) Marrying Jean.
(c) Owning his own house.
(d) Being a famous musician.

2. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Sarah.

3. Each time the men go by Fitz and Teena's house, what do they find Fitz doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Praying.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Reading.

4. In the market, when Alfy calls out to Poor that he is "dying for a cigarette," what reason does he give for not smoking one (39)?
(a) Gallows might see him and tell Battersby.
(b) He is completely out of both cigarettes and money.
(c) His wife has demanded that he stop smoking.
(d) He is trying to save money for the house.

5. When Bat tells his friends that they are "stupid," and Alfy agrees that this is true "in the past tense," what is Alfy implying (60)?
(a) The friends might feel differently if Bat has actually made some progress.
(b) His friends were angry, before, but they have calmed down.
(c) His other friends are being foolish to ask for their money back.
(d) The friends were unwise to trust Bat in the first place.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?

2. What idea about the second hotel is supported by the details of the patrons' clothing?

3. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?

4. Why are many people in the West Indian community upset with Poor?

5. Which of the friends urges the others to give Bat a chance to explain what is happening with the housing plan?

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