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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. Why are many people in the West Indian community upset with Poor?
(a) Because Poor acts as if he is better than other West Indians.
(b) Because Poor is trying to disrupt the excursion.
(c) Because of what happened to Harry.
(d) Because Poor is a drug dealer.

2. When the three women meet at the market, what previously-agreed-upon plan do Jean and Matilda put into action?
(a) They ask Teena whether the company she works for is hiring.
(b) They ask Teena to be their spokesperson at the men's meeting.
(c) They warn Teena that she and Fitz would be better off getting their own house.
(d) They suggest that Teena would be a better treasurer than Jean.

3. What does Bat say is wrong with the house that he supposedly went to see in Cricklewood?
(a) It needs a new roof.
(b) It is not on a bus line.
(c) It is too large.
(d) It has dry rot.

4. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Flossie.
(d) Sarah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean surprise Gallows when he runs into her near the park where she is looking for clients?

2. What technique is used when the narrator says that "Up in the atmosphere thunder roll with laughter"?

3. When Harry is wandering through Piccadilly Circus, still high from smoking with Poor, what is he thinking about?

4. What does Teena constantly try to prevent the men from doing?

5. Which of the friends sees Harry as he is being led away by the two men?

(see the answer key)

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