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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 26-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 3, what does the narrator note that Battersby finds strange about living in England?
(a) The weather.
(b) The prices.
(c) The dialects.
(d) The traffic.

2. 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)?
(a) Appeal to logos.
(b) Appeal to pathos.
(c) Appeal to ethos.
(d) Appeal to authority.

3. When they are smoking in the park, where does Poor offer to take Harry later that evening?
(a) To meet Fitz's wife.
(b) Hyde Park.
(c) A Jamaican-owned club.
(d) Piccadilly Circus.

4. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?
(a) The need to prove his income.
(b) An estate agent who refuses to talk to him.
(c) Owners who do not want to sell to Blacks.
(d) Prejudice against his criminal background.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is the name of Battersby's sister?

3. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?

4. Why is Battersby thinking about money while he makes his morning tea?

5. What is the narrator's purpose in listing the English behaviors and beliefs that he lists on pages 3 and 4?

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