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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. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?
(a) The "wind rippling through the rice stalks."
(b) A "snake weaving through long grass."
(c) A "wave moving through deep water."
(d) The "steam rising from a boiling kettle."

2. What question does Harry ask Battersby when they are on their way to the store?
(a) Whether Jean has a boyfriend.
(b) Whether he knows any calypso songs.
(c) How Alfonso and Poor got White girlfriends.
(d) In what part of London they should look for a house.

3. What does Gallows take from a pile of trash when he, Syl, Pat, and Bat are looking for a hotel room?
(a) An old camera.
(b) A five-pound note.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A bottle of rum.

4. Where does Bat first suggest Syl look for a hotel room?
(a) Hackney.
(b) Newham.
(c) Brixton.
(d) Bayswater.

5. When Pat first announces that she has no intention of sharing a hotel room with Syl, what does Bat say in response?
(a) They should wait until they get to where they are going and then make a decision.
(b) Pat can come back to his apartment to spend the night.
(c) Syl will sleep on the floor of the hotel room.
(d) He will stay with her and Syl to make sure nothing happens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much later than scheduled does the bus actually leave Hamdon Court?

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?

3. What information does Teena learn from Jean when Jean and Matilda run into Teena in the market?

4. What can be inferred about Hampstead and Mayfair from Gallows's discussion with the estate agent?

5. In the page 1 sentence "Pound notes and fivers start to fall all about in the room, until is as if he is swimming in it, and the water-mark rising higher and higher," what technique is being used?

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