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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 is Nobby's landlady's name?
(a) Mrs. Little.
(b) Mrs. Tucker.
(c) Mrs. Feltin.
(d) Mrs. Quinn.

2. Why does Bat get angry at Gallows for trying to do during the brief blackout in Bat's apartment building?
(a) Steal money.
(b) Drink Bat's rum.
(c) Smoke Bat's cigarettes.
(d) Touch Matilda.

3. After they ask for it back, where does Bat tell the men the money they gave him is, right now?
(a) Hidden in his mattress.
(b) In Jean's apartment somewhere.
(c) Deposited with a real estate company.
(d) Invested in the excursion.

4. When Bat is trying to seduce Matilda in his apartment after she suggests the excursion, besides flattering her, what else does he tell her?
(a) Her English boyfriend will never marry her.
(b) He wants to marry a Black woman.
(c) He will soon be rich.
(d) Her religious scruples are holding her back.

5. When the group makes it to Westbourne Grove, whom does Bat tell Syl to ask about a hotel room?
(a) The doormen outside an apartment building.
(b) A man selling fruit at a stall.
(c) A group of taxi drivers.
(d) A newspaper delivery boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gallows say that he feels sorry for Harry?

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

3. What does Alfy do during the bus trip to Hamdon Court?

4. 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)?

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

(see the answer key)

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