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

2. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?
(a) England's monarchy.
(b) Aloo pie.
(c) Big Ben.
(d) Calypso music.

3. What does Alfy draw and ask Syl to identify when the friends are standing around talking by Marble Arch?
(a) A marijuana plant.
(b) A map of Port of Spain.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) Female genitalia.

4. 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) The human heart's response to nature.
(c) A deer's love of clear running water.
(d) A rabbit's love of shiny and reflective surfaces.

5. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?
(a) Battersby did not treat his last girlfriend well.
(b) Battersby already has an illegitimate child.
(c) Battersby tries to sleep with all of her friends.
(d) Battersby is known to lie all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gallows sees the other men in the market, what does he accuse them of, besides smoking?

2. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?

3. What idea about the second hotel is supported by the details of the patrons' clothing?

4. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?

5. Which of the friends seems most affected by the temptations of summer?

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