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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 technique is used when the narrator says that "Up in the atmosphere thunder roll with laughter"?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

3. 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.

4. Which of his friends warns Bat to not get married?
(a) Fitz.
(b) Nobby.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Poor.

5. 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) Nobby.
(b) Syl.
(c) Gallows.
(d) Alfy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is de Nobriga's nickname?

2. What does Poor do for a living?

3. As Poor approaches his friends in the market, what detail of his appearance does the narrator mention?

4. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?

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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