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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. Based on the amount of detail given in the passage that describes Charlie Victor's feelings about West Indian culture, what does he seem to miss the most?
(a) The gossip.
(b) The drinking.
(c) The food.
(d) The music.

2. What does the narrator compare Pat to when she goes into the final hotel with Bat?
(a) A child.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A pawn.
(d) A lemming.

3. In what area of London is the novel set?
(a) Brixton.
(b) Hackney.
(c) Putney.
(d) Chelsea.

4. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?
(a) Jean does not want to marry a Black man.
(b) Jean is a sex worker.
(c) Jean is the only thing keeping the housing plan together.
(d) Jean is controlling and mean.

5. What word does the narrator use to refer to the structure of his storytelling?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Recursive.
(c) Ballad.
(d) Episodic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nobby's landlady's name?

2. On page 3, what does the narrator note that Battersby finds strange about living in England?

3. What does Harry do to make himself feel better after his conversation with Jean near the park?

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

5. Which phrase that Bat allegedly reads from the housing listings on page 61 is a clue that he might be lying?

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