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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. According to Bat's reading of one housing listing, how much money will the friends need for a deposit on a house in Notting Hill?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 800 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

2. On page 81, what description of his own demeanor does Bat give when he is persuading Syl to let him be the one to go into the final hotel to ask for a room?
(a) "Aristocratic."
(b) "Optimistic."
(c) "Hypnotic."
(d) "Diplomatic."

3. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?
(a) He takes the dog and dumps it in Croyden.
(b) He gives the dog to Fitz for his wife, Teena.
(c) He sells the dog to one of his colleagues.
(d) He leaves the dog on the train to Greenwich.

4. When Gallows sees the other men in the market, what does he accuse them of, besides smoking?
(a) Stealing his five-pound note.
(b) Trying to drop him from the plan to buy a house.
(c) Lying about him to Battersby.
(d) Spending money on drinking and women.

5. What does Fitz claim he did when a former girlfriend suggested they get married?
(a) He told her he was already married.
(b) He hit her in the head.
(c) He broke up with her.
(d) He asked out her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied by Pat looking around the apartment "as if she seeing it for the first time" before she announces "I can't sleep here" (76)?

2. What does Teena constantly try to prevent the men from doing?

3. Based on the amount of detail given in the passage that describes Charlie Victor's feelings about West Indian culture, what does he seem to miss the most?

4. Which of the friends seems most affected by the temptations of summer?

5. What does the narrator say is "the biggest thing that ever happen to Gallows" (37)?

(see the answer key)

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