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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 the men indicate that they do not trust Battersby to hold the group's money, who volunteers to be the group's treasurer?
(a) Poor.
(b) Harry.
(c) Fitzwilliams.
(d) Jean.

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

3. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His poverty.
(c) His looks.
(d) His race.

4. What does Fitz claim he did when a former girlfriend suggested they get married?
(a) He hit her in the head.
(b) He asked out her best friend.
(c) He broke up with her.
(d) He told her he was already married.

5. As Poor approaches his friends in the market, what detail of his appearance does the narrator mention?
(a) He always has his hands in his pockets.
(b) He has a habit of looking at the ground as he walks.
(c) He walks with a barely noticeable limp.
(d) He has a dimple on his left cheek, but not his right.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?

2. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?

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

4. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?

5. Why does Bat get angry at Gallows for trying to do during the brief blackout in Bat's apartment building?

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