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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. How does Jean react when Gallows tells her about the legal danger Poor has placed Harry in?
(a) She curses Poor.
(b) She feigns disinterest.
(c) She mocks Harry's gullibility.
(d) She offers to help find Harry.

2. How did Fitz meet Teena?
(a) She lived in Poor's building.
(b) She is Nobby's cousin.
(c) She worked with Syl.
(d) She was Alfy's girlfriend.

3. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?
(a) An estate agent who refuses to talk to him.
(b) Prejudice against his criminal background.
(c) The need to prove his income.
(d) Owners who do not want to sell to Blacks.

4. What does Poor do for a living?
(a) He works in a cannery.
(b) He sells drugs.
(c) He is a sales clerk.
(d) He is a pickpocket.

5. What is Nobby's landlady's name?
(a) Mrs. Little.
(b) Mrs. Quinn.
(c) Mrs. Feltin.
(d) Mrs. Tucker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Harry do to make himself feel better after his conversation with Jean near the park?

3. On page 3, what does the narrator note that Battersby finds strange about living in England?

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

5. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?

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