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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 Gallows say that he feels sorry for Harry?
(a) Because Bat takes advantage of Harry.
(b) Because Harry is having trouble selling his music.
(c) Because Harry is Jamaican.
(d) Because Harry is in love with Jean.

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

3. When Poor and Harry are smoking in the park, what question does Harry ask?
(a) He asks how much rent Bat pays for their apartment.
(b) He asks what Jean does for a living.
(c) He asks whether Poor will reconsider the housing scheme.
(d) He asks whether Poor thinks he can make it as a musician.

4. Why does Gallows go to the market one Saturday afternoon?
(a) To meet women.
(b) To try to get a job.
(c) To spy on his friends.
(d) To sell his photographs.

5. What can be inferred about Hampstead and Mayfair from Gallows's discussion with the estate agent?
(a) Both are a long way from central London.
(b) These are wealthy areas.
(c) These areas are less racially prejudiced.
(d) Both have a large number of vacant properties.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. After Harry moves in, how does Bat's attitude about the apartment change?

3. What does Fitz claim he did when a former girlfriend suggested they get married?

4. When Bat is trying to seduce Matilda in his apartment after she suggests the excursion, besides flattering her, what else does he tell her?

5. 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)?

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