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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. What is Nobby's landlady's name?
(a) Mrs. Feltin.
(b) Mrs. Quinn.
(c) Mrs. Tucker.
(d) Mrs. Little.

2. How does Jean surprise Gallows when he runs into her near the park where she is looking for clients?
(a) She asks him to drop out of the housing plan.
(b) She offers to set him up with a friend of hers.
(c) She gives him two shillings and six pence.
(d) She tells him she is thinking of marrying Harry.

3. 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) His wife has demanded that he stop smoking.
(b) He is trying to save money for the house.
(c) Gallows might see him and tell Battersby.
(d) He is completely out of both cigarettes and money.

4. In what area of London is the novel set?
(a) Hackney.
(b) Brixton.
(c) Putney.
(d) Chelsea.

5. Which of the friends seems most affected by the temptations of summer?
(a) Nobby.
(b) Alfy.
(c) Gallows.
(d) Syl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?

2. Why does Harry go into the phone booth?

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

4. When the group of friends gather one summer night at Bat's apartment, why is Harry absent?

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

(see the answer key)

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