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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 51-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bat get angry at Gallows for trying to do during the brief blackout in Bat's apartment building?
(a) Touch Matilda.
(b) Steal money.
(c) Smoke Bat's cigarettes.
(d) Drink Bat's rum.

2. What word does the narrator use to refer to the structure of his storytelling?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Recursive.
(c) Episodic.
(d) Ballad.

3. What does Alfy draw and ask Syl to identify when the friends are standing around talking by Marble Arch?
(a) The alphabet.
(b) Female genitalia.
(c) A map of Port of Spain.
(d) A marijuana plant.

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

5. 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) 500 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 300 pounds.
(d) 800 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of appeal is the narrator making when he says "being as I want to tell the truth, I have to say that that is how it happen" (14)?

2. What is the name of the song that Harry wrote himself?

3. On what day of the week does the story open?

4. How did Fitz meet Teena?

5. What question does Harry ask Battersby when they are on their way to the store?

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