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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 does Bat plan to do about the money missing from the house-buying fund?
(a) Work extra shifts to make it back.
(b) Borrow the money from Jean.
(c) Tell everyone he was robbed.
(d) Try to make it back by gambling.

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

3. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what kind of woman does he wish for?
(a) Nice.
(b) Smart.
(c) Generous.
(d) Beautiful.

4. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?
(a) They are all hitting on Matilda.
(b) They are smoking marijuana.
(c) They did not include her in their plans.
(d) They have made a mess.

5. On what day of the week does the story open?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Gallows tell his friends that he might get a windfall of money from?

3. Why is Battersby thinking about money while he makes his morning tea?

4. 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?

5. When Jean is talking with Harry about her job, what job does she compare it to?

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