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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. Which phrase that Bat allegedly reads from the housing listings on page 61 is a clue that he might be lying?
(a) "Large selection."
(b) "Our mortgage facilities."
(c) "Highly-residential houses."
(d) "All part of the country."

2. After Harry moves in, how does Bat's attitude about the apartment change?
(a) It suddenly feels too small.
(b) It starts to feel like a home where he could bring a wife.
(c) It starts to seem like not such a bad place.
(d) It seems even more run-down and embarrassing.

3. From the narrator's explanation of how dogs are treated in the West Indies, what is it reasonable to conclude?
(a) He thinks that the English spoil their dogs.
(b) He wishes that he had a dog of his own.
(c) He is embarrassed about how West Indians treat animals.
(d) He thinks that West Indians treat dogs more like family members than the English do.

4. 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)?
(a) He is completely out of both cigarettes and money.
(b) His wife has demanded that he stop smoking.
(c) He is trying to save money for the house.
(d) Gallows might see him and tell Battersby.

5. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?
(a) Curried vegetables.
(b) Beans and rice.
(c) Toast and an egg.
(d) Mashed sardines.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jean surprise Gallows when he runs into her near the park where she is looking for clients?

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

3. When the group of friends gather one summer night at Bat's apartment, why is Harry absent?

4. What does Bat plan to do about the money missing from the house-buying fund?

5. When Harry is wandering through Piccadilly Circus, still high from smoking with Poor, what is he thinking about?

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