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

2. What objection does Battersby have to having Harry as a roommate?
(a) Harry is interested in Battersby's sister.
(b) Harry is Jamaican.
(c) Harry plays the banjo.
(d) Harry has no steady income.

3. What reason does Nobby give for thinking that Harry will not be able to make a success of his singing career?
(a) He is easy to manipulate.
(b) He is not talented.
(c) He is Black.
(d) He sings the wrong kind of music.

4. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?
(a) Aloo pie.
(b) Calypso music.
(c) England's monarchy.
(d) Big Ben.

5. What do Harry and Jean agree that Bat and his friends all lack?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bat get angry at Gallows for trying to do during the brief blackout in Bat's apartment building?

2. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?

3. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?

4. What does Poor do for a living?

5. In the market, when Alfy calls out to Poor that he is "dying for a cigarette," what reason does he give for not smoking one (39)?

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