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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. Which phrase that Bat allegedly reads from the housing listings on page 61 is a clue that he might be lying?
(a) "Highly-residential houses."
(b) "All part of the country."
(c) "Large selection."
(d) "Our mortgage facilities."

2. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?
(a) They did not include her in their plans.
(b) They are all hitting on Matilda.
(c) They are smoking marijuana.
(d) They have made a mess.

3. What kind of man does Jean say she would like to marry?
(a) A man like Harry.
(b) A man like Bat.
(c) A White man.
(d) A rich man.

4. Who arrives at the lunch area in a rowboat?
(a) Gallows.
(b) Syl.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Poor.

5. What suggestion does Bat make after Syl accuses Bat of deliberately taking him to an area where the hotels will refuse him?
(a) They can go to Tottenham Court Road and ask his three friends from Barbados to let Pat and Syl stay there.
(b) They can go to Hyde Park and ask his sister which hotels will rent rooms to Black patrons.
(c) They can go to an all-night restaurant in Piccadilly Circus and then Pat can catch a morning train to work.
(d) They can go back to the apartment, and Bat will stay upstairs with his sister and Matilda while Pat and Syl sleep downstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?

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

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

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

5. What is the name of Charlie Victor's date on the excursion?

(see the answer key)

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