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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. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?
(a) Lawrence Scott.
(b) Junot Diaz.
(c) Sam Selvon.
(d) Derek Walcott.

2. 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?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. When Poor and Harry are smoking in the park, what question does Harry ask?
(a) He asks how much rent Bat pays for their apartment.
(b) He asks whether Poor thinks he can make it as a musician.
(c) He asks what Jean does for a living.
(d) He asks whether Poor will reconsider the housing scheme.

4. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?
(a) Battersby tries to sleep with all of her friends.
(b) Battersby is known to lie all the time.
(c) Battersby did not treat his last girlfriend well.
(d) Battersby already has an illegitimate child.

5. What word do the male characters often use to refer to a woman?
(a) Ride.
(b) Thing.
(c) Chick.
(d) Creature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?

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

4. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?

5. When they are smoking in the park, where does Poor offer to take Harry later that evening?

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