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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. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?
(a) The nasty turn the weather takes while the group is looking for a hotel.
(b) Syl's repeated accidents and misfortunes that night.
(c) The refusal of hotel after hotel to rent Syl a room.
(d) Pat's clear preference for Bat.

2. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?
(a) It ran away because the door was open.
(b) It died in surgery.
(c) It was poisoned.
(d) It fell from his balcony.

3. What kind of man does Jean say she would like to marry?
(a) A man like Bat.
(b) A White man.
(c) A man like Harry.
(d) A rich man.

4. After they ask for it back, where does Bat tell the men the money they gave him is, right now?
(a) Invested in the excursion.
(b) Deposited with a real estate company.
(c) Hidden in his mattress.
(d) In Jean's apartment somewhere.

5. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?
(a) Prejudice against his criminal background.
(b) The need to prove his income.
(c) An estate agent who refuses to talk to him.
(d) Owners who do not want to sell to Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Harry and Jean agree that Bat and his friends all lack?

2. How does Jean react when Gallows tells her about the legal danger Poor has placed Harry in?

3. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?

4. When Matilda asks Bat why he called the name "Jeanie" while they were having sex, what literary technique is employed (52)?

5. When Harry and Jean go out into the hallway together, he decides to "make hay while the match was shining" (26). What does the expression "make hay" mean?

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