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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 Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?
(a) They did not include her in their plans.
(b) They are all hitting on Matilda.
(c) They are smoking marijuana.
(d) They have made a mess.

2. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?
(a) He is too innocent.
(b) He is too generous.
(c) He is too religious.
(d) He is too serious.

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

4. What word do the characters use that hints at the French colonial history of Trinidad?
(a) Mince.
(b) Ouf.
(c) Oui.
(d) Merci.

5. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?
(a) Nobby.
(b) Syl.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Gallows.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?

2. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?

3. What nation has the protagonist emigrated from?

4. Each time the men go by Fitz and Teena's house, what do they find Fitz doing?

5. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what does he wish for, besides a woman?

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