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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. When the group of friends gather one summer night at Bat's apartment, why is Harry absent?
(a) He is performing.
(b) He is in jail.
(c) He is visiting Jamaica.
(d) He is on a date.

2. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?
(a) He is too innocent.
(b) He is too generous.
(c) He is too serious.
(d) He is too religious.

3. Who comes to Battersby's apartment while he is trying to eat breakfast?
(a) Fitzwilliams.
(b) His sister.
(c) Charlie Victor.
(d) Harry Banjo.

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 does Gallows take from a pile of trash when he, Syl, Pat, and Bat are looking for a hotel room?
(a) An old camera.
(b) A five-pound note.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A bottle of rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to refer to the structure of his storytelling?

2. What is implied by Pat looking around the apartment "as if she seeing it for the first time" before she announces "I can't sleep here" (76)?

3. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?

4. Of the friends who have agreed to the housing plan, which three does the narrator say are at least somewhat serious about getting a house?

5. Who is it suggested was behind the assault on Eric Lopley?

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