1. What suggestion does Bat make after Syl accuses Bat of deliberately taking him to an area where the hotels will refuse him?
(a) They can go to Tottenham Court Road and ask his three friends from Barbados to let Pat and Syl stay there.
(b) They can go to Hyde Park and ask his sister which hotels will rent rooms to Black patrons.
(c) They can go to an all-night restaurant in Piccadilly Circus and then Pat can catch a morning train to work.
(d) They can go back to the apartment, and Bat will stay upstairs with his sister and Matilda while Pat and Syl sleep downstairs.

2. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?
(a) Rum.
(b) Money.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. What does Teena constantly try to prevent the men from doing?
(a) Smoking marijuana.
(b) Going to the race track.
(c) Drinking rum.
(d) Playing cards.

4. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?
(a) England's monarchy.
(b) Calypso music.
(c) Big Ben.
(d) Aloo pie.

5. 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) Jean.
(b) Fitzwilliams.
(c) Poor.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on the amount of detail given in the passage that describes Charlie Victor's feelings about West Indian culture, what does he seem to miss the most?

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

3. What does Nobby's landlady tell him he must feed his dog?

4. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what does he wish for, besides a woman?

5. What does Alfy do during the bus trip to Hamdon Court?

(see the answer key)

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