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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 51-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?
(a) A joint.
(b) A scrap of paper.
(c) A button.
(d) A five-pound note.

2. Why does Gallows say that he feels sorry for Harry?
(a) Because Bat takes advantage of Harry.
(b) Because Harry is in love with Jean.
(c) Because Harry is having trouble selling his music.
(d) Because Harry is Jamaican.

3. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?
(a) Jean does not want to marry a Black man.
(b) Jean is the only thing keeping the housing plan together.
(c) Jean is a sex worker.
(d) Jean is controlling and mean.

4. What kind of appeal is the narrator making when he says "being as I want to tell the truth, I have to say that that is how it happen" (14)?
(a) Appeal to logos.
(b) Appeal to ethos.
(c) Appeal to pathos.
(d) Appeal to authority.

5. In his discussion of Syl's behavior with women, what does the narrator compare women to?
(a) Whales being hunted by Syl.
(b) Flowers being tended by Syl.
(c) Bottles of rum being drunk by Syl.
(d) Butterflies being captured by Syl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bat say is wrong with the house that he supposedly went to see in Cricklewood?

2. When Gallows sees the other men in the market, what does he accuse them of, besides smoking?

3. Why is Battersby thinking about money while he makes his morning tea?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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