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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 is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?
(a) A joint.
(b) A scrap of paper.
(c) A button.
(d) A five-pound note.

2. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His looks.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His race.

3. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Charger
(b) Bone.
(c) Bunt.
(d) Spliff.

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

5. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?
(a) The hotplate.
(b) The tape recorder.
(c) The refrigerator.
(d) The alarm clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Battersby usually wake up to get ready for work?

2. When Harry and Jean go out into the hallway together, he decides to "make hay while the match was shining" (26). What does the expression "make hay" mean?

3. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?

4. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?

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

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