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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. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?
(a) Pimps.
(b) Priests.
(c) Jean's customers.
(d) Police officers.

2. Which British monarch lived at Hamdon Court?
(a) Richard I.
(b) Edward II.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Richard III.

3. What does Battersby mean when he says "You is one of we" (9)?
(a) All people are equal and have equal rights.
(b) The person he is speaking to is from the same background as Battersby.
(c) There are two people in the conversation and both viewpoints count.
(d) It is important to remember what we have in common with others.

4. When Harry is wandering through Piccadilly Circus, still high from smoking with Poor, what is he thinking about?
(a) Missing his family in Montego Bay.
(b) Being a famous musician.
(c) Owning his own house.
(d) Marrying Jean.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what does he wish for, besides a woman?

3. From the narrator's explanation of how dogs are treated in the West Indies, what is it reasonable to conclude?

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

5. Where do the group of friends deliberately leave Gallows behind?

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