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

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

3. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?
(a) He wants Harry to agree not to speak to his sister.
(b) He does not want Harry to be told what the rent is.
(c) He does not want Harry to bring his banjo.
(d) He wants Harry to agree to do all the cooking and cleaning.

4. Which of the friends seems most affected by the temptations of summer?
(a) Syl.
(b) Nobby.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Gallows.

5. When Bat tells his friends that they are "stupid," and Alfy agrees that this is true "in the past tense," what is Alfy implying (60)?
(a) The friends were unwise to trust Bat in the first place.
(b) His friends were angry, before, but they have calmed down.
(c) His other friends are being foolish to ask for their money back.
(d) The friends might feel differently if Bat has actually made some progress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man does Jean say she would like to marry?

2. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?

3. Who is the first of the friends to ask Bat for his money back?

4. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?

5. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?

(see the answer key)

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