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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. Where does Gallows tell his friends that he might get a windfall of money from?
(a) Reparations for his imprisonment.
(b) The sale of his photographs.
(c) The death of a relative.
(d) The sale of his music.

2. Which of Bat's friends is the narrator describing when he says "As if, by himself, he can't exist, life too big for him to tackle" (36)?
(a) Alfy.
(b) Gallows.
(c) Syl.
(d) Nobby.

3. 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?
(a) To get something done when the opportunity presents itself.
(b) To smoke--either a cigarette or marijuana.
(c) To sweet-talk someone and try to get them interested in you.
(d) To pursue a point by asking questions or interrogating someone.

4. What does the expression "as if butter won't melt in his mouth" mean (8)?
(a) An insistence on high moral standards.
(b) An envious or jealous temperament.
(c) A cold and distant attitude.
(d) A pretense of being innocent and sincere.

5. When Bat tells his friends that they are "stupid," and Alfy agrees that this is true "in the past tense," what is Alfy implying (60)?
(a) His other friends are being foolish to ask for their money back.
(b) The friends might feel differently if Bat has actually made some progress.
(c) The friends were unwise to trust Bat in the first place.
(d) His friends were angry, before, but they have calmed down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?

2. Why does Gallows hope that he finds a wallet on the ground instead of finding loose money, as Alfy did?

3. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?

4. Who comes to Battersby's apartment while he is trying to eat breakfast?

5. When Jean is talking with Harry about her job, what job does she compare it to?

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