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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 reason does Nobby give for thinking that Harry will not be able to make a success of his singing career?
(a) He is Black.
(b) He is not talented.
(c) He is easy to manipulate.
(d) He sings the wrong kind of music.

2. Which of his friends warns Bat to not get married?
(a) Poor.
(b) Nobby.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Fitz.

3. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?
(a) The "wind rippling through the rice stalks."
(b) The "steam rising from a boiling kettle."
(c) A "wave moving through deep water."
(d) A "snake weaving through long grass."

4. 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 are all hitting on Matilda.
(c) They did not include her in their plans.
(d) They have made a mess.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?

2. What is the name of the song that Harry wrote himself?

3. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?

4. Which of the friends urges the others to give Bat a chance to explain what is happening with the housing plan?

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

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