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

2. What does Teena constantly try to prevent the men from doing?
(a) Going to the race track.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Drinking rum.
(d) Smoking marijuana.

3. What question does Harry ask Battersby when they are on their way to the store?
(a) How Alfonso and Poor got White girlfriends.
(b) Whether he knows any calypso songs.
(c) Whether Jean has a boyfriend.
(d) In what part of London they should look for a house.

4. What word does Battersby use to describe his sister?
(a) Bulldog.
(b) Shark.
(c) Fire.
(d) Storm.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word do the characters use that hints at the French colonial history of Trinidad?

2. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?

3. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?

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

5. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?

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