The Housing Lark Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Housing Lark Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Sam Selvon
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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. Which man volunteers to keep an eye on everyone and fine them if they are caught wasting money on drinking, smoking, or dating?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) Gallows.
(c) Syl.
(d) de Nobriga.

2. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?
(a) He does not want Harry to be told what the rent is.
(b) He wants Harry to agree to do all the cooking and cleaning.
(c) He does not want Harry to bring his banjo.
(d) He wants Harry to agree not to speak to his sister.

3. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?
(a) Jean is a sex worker.
(b) Jean is the only thing keeping the housing plan together.
(c) Jean is controlling and mean.
(d) Jean does not want to marry a Black man.

4. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?
(a) Whether Gallows should report Harry for smoking.
(b) Whether they should ask Bat to drop Gallows from the plan to buy a house.
(c) Whether they should tell Harry that Jean is a sex worker.
(d) Whether they should tell Harry not to trust Bat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word do the characters use that hints at the French colonial history of Trinidad?

2. What do Battersby and Harry go out to get when Battersby's friends gather at his apartment?

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

4. What time does Battersby usually wake up to get ready for work?

5. How does Jean surprise Gallows when he runs into her near the park where she is looking for clients?

(see the answer key)

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