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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 1-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. What does Harry plan to do to make "some big money" (15)?
(a) Rob a store.
(b) Sell tapes of his music.
(c) Write home to his parents.
(d) Get a construction job.

3. In what area of London is the novel set?
(a) Hackney.
(b) Brixton.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) Putney.

4. On page 3, what does the narrator note that Battersby finds strange about living in England?
(a) The dialects.
(b) The traffic.
(c) The prices.
(d) The weather.

5. What is de Nobriga's nickname?
(a) Nobby.
(b) Iggy.
(c) Deno.
(d) Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?

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

3. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?

4. What nation has the protagonist emigrated from?

5. What does Poor do for a living?

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