The Housing Lark Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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The Housing Lark Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Sam Selvon
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 208 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 the summer night when everyone gathers at Bat's apartment, how does Bat prepare for their visit?
(a) He hides all of his valuables.
(b) He hurries out and gathers housing listings.
(c) He gets a loan from Jean to hide his own thefts.
(d) He goes to the market to get rum, limes, and soda.

2. What word do the male characters often use to refer to a woman?
(a) Ride.
(b) Chick.
(c) Thing.
(d) Creature.

3. What does the narrator accuse the men of because of their response to Teena's confrontation with Bat?
(a) Being followers.
(b) Being aggressive.
(c) Being sexist.
(d) Being gullible.

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

5. When Bat tries to collect the pile of money toward the end of the meeting, saying he will keep it for the group, what does Teena tell him?
(a) Teena will keep the money from now on.
(b) Jean will keep the money from now on.
(c) Fitz will keep the money from now on.
(d) Matilda will keep the money from now on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?

2. 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?

3. After they ask for it back, where does Bat tell the men the money they gave him is, right now?

4. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?

5. When, on page 83, the narrator says that "Trinidadians does thirst after fete as pants the hart for crystal streams," what is the Trinidadians' love for "fete" being compared to?

(see the answer key)

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