1. 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?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. At the housing meeting, what causes Bat to complain that he "thought [he] had friends," but that the men are actually "worse than English people" (112)?
(a) The way the other men back Teena up when she demands an accounting of the money.
(b) The men accusing him of being a thief after he reveals how much money is left.
(c) The way the other men are keeping the rum and cigarettes for themselves instead of sharing.
(d) The men teasing him about how Matilda will become just like Teena after they marry.

3. Which phrase that Bat allegedly reads from the housing listings on page 61 is a clue that he might be lying?
(a) "Large selection."
(b) "Highly-residential houses."
(c) "All part of the country."
(d) "Our mortgage facilities."

4. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?
(a) He wonders why the city's rich people are so careless with trash.
(b) He wonders how the city chooses pavement companies.
(c) He wonders why there are not more accidents on the city's terrible roads.
(d) He wonders whether the city's streets are really paved with gold.

5. What does the narrator say is "the biggest thing that ever happen to Gallows" (37)?
(a) His accidental trip to England.
(b) His run-in with the man he threatened to kill.
(c) The loss of his five-pound note.
(d) The plan to buy a house.