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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 it suggested was behind the assault on Eric Lopley?
(a) His employers.
(b) The Rent Tribunal.
(c) His landlords.
(d) The police.

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

3. What is de Nobriga's nickname?
(a) Deno.
(b) Iggy.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Nobby.

4. Which of Bat's friends is the narrator describing when he says "As if, by himself, he can't exist, life too big for him to tackle" (36)?
(a) Gallows.
(b) Syl.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Alfy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?

3. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?

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

5. What word does the narrator use to refer to the structure of his storytelling?

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