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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 101-125.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 800 pounds.

2. 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) Poor.
(c) Harry.
(d) Fitzwilliams.

3. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?
(a) Alfy.
(b) Gallows.
(c) Syl.
(d) Nobby.

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

5. Who comes to Bat's house looking for Harry?
(a) A police detective.
(b) Poor.
(c) Harry's Jamaican wife.
(d) Harry's agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gallows promise to do in order to stay a part of the housing plan?

2. What do Teena and Jean get into a brief argument about?

3. What does Alfy draw and ask Syl to identify when the friends are standing around talking by Marble Arch?

4. What does Teena call "the first constructive remark" any of the men has made (115)?

5. When the three women meet at the market, what previously-agreed-upon plan do Jean and Matilda put into action?

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