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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 the expression "as if butter won't melt in his mouth" mean (8)?
(a) A cold and distant attitude.
(b) An envious or jealous temperament.
(c) A pretense of being innocent and sincere.
(d) An insistence on high moral standards.

2. In his discussion of Syl's behavior with women, what does the narrator compare women to?
(a) Butterflies being captured by Syl.
(b) Whales being hunted by Syl.
(c) Flowers being tended by Syl.
(d) Bottles of rum being drunk by Syl.

3. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Bone.
(b) Spliff.
(c) Bunt.
(d) Charger

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

5. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?
(a) His looks.
(b) His race.
(c) His intellect.
(d) His poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?

3. As Poor approaches his friends in the market, what detail of his appearance does the narrator mention?

4. What does Alfy draw and ask Syl to identify when the friends are standing around talking by Marble Arch?

5. What is the name of the song that Harry wrote himself?

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