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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. On the summer night when everyone gathers at Bat's apartment, how does Bat prepare for their visit?
(a) He goes to the market to get rum, limes, and soda.
(b) He gets a loan from Jean to hide his own thefts.
(c) He hurries out and gathers housing listings.
(d) He hides all of his valuables.

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

3. What does Gallows toss to Syl as he leaves him outside the final hotel?
(a) A bus token.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A roll of film.

4. 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.

5. Who is the first of the friends to ask Bat for his money back?
(a) Fitz.
(b) Alfy.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Syl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?

2. Each time the men go by Fitz and Teena's house, what do they find Fitz doing?

3. What is a char-a-banc?

4. What does the narrator compare the mens' appetites for women to?

5. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?

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