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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 26-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Battersby usually wake up to get ready for work?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) 8:00 a.m.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

2. What does Battersby mean when he says "You is one of we" (9)?
(a) It is important to remember what we have in common with others.
(b) There are two people in the conversation and both viewpoints count.
(c) The person he is speaking to is from the same background as Battersby.
(d) All people are equal and have equal rights.

3. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what does he wish for, besides a woman?
(a) Food, rum, and marijuana.
(b) Fame, money, and respect.
(c) Power, money, and fame.
(d) Money, food, and rum.

4. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?
(a) An estate agent who refuses to talk to him.
(b) The need to prove his income.
(c) Prejudice against his criminal background.
(d) Owners who do not want to sell to Blacks.

5. What is the narrator's purpose in listing the English behaviors and beliefs that he lists on pages 3 and 4?
(a) He wants readers to question their own assumptions about science.
(b) He means to contrast these with West Indian behaviors and beliefs.
(c) He is making fun of religious and spiritual ways of interpreting the world.
(d) He intends to show that the English are superstitious people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Gallows go to the market one Saturday afternoon?

3. When the men indicate that they do not trust Battersby to hold the group's money, who volunteers to be the group's treasurer?

4. What is the name of Battersby's sister?

5. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?

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