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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 76-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?
(a) The alarm clock.
(b) The refrigerator.
(c) The hotplate.
(d) The tape recorder.

2. Why is Nobby so anxious to make sure his landlady likes him?
(a) He had a hard time finding a place to live and does not want to have to look again.
(b) He is interested in her daughter.
(c) The landlady reminds him of his mother, back in Trinidad.
(d) He is several weeks behind in his rend payments.

3. When, on page 83, the narrator says that "Trinidadians does thirst after fete as pants the hart for crystal streams," what is the Trinidadians' love for "fete" being compared to?
(a) The human love of beautiful clothing and jewelry.
(b) A rabbit's love of shiny and reflective surfaces.
(c) The human heart's response to nature.
(d) A deer's love of clear running water.

4. Which of Bat's friends is the narrator describing when he says "As if, by himself, he can't exist, life too big for him to tackle" (36)?
(a) Alfy.
(b) Nobby.
(c) Gallows.
(d) Syl.

5. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Charger
(b) Bone.
(c) Spliff.
(d) Bunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?

2. What does Syl tell Pat to stop doing when they see a police car approaching?

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

4. When the narrator says that Trinidadians love a "fete," what is he saying they love?

5. How does Jean react when Gallows tells her about the legal danger Poor has placed Harry in?

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