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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. When Gallows sees the other men in the market, what does he accuse them of, besides smoking?
(a) Stealing his five-pound note.
(b) Trying to drop him from the plan to buy a house.
(c) Spending money on drinking and women.
(d) Lying about him to Battersby.

2. What word do the characters use that hints at the French colonial history of Trinidad?
(a) Mince.
(b) Ouf.
(c) Merci.
(d) Oui.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Harry plan to do to make "some big money" (15)?

4. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?

5. What does Poor do for a living?

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