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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 quality of Syl's is Bat taking advantage of when he asks Syl for three guineas for the final hotel room?
(a) His generosity.
(b) His chivalry.
(c) His gullibility.
(d) His greed.

2. When Bat finally suggests that they go try the hotels around Paddington Station, because he is "getting tired with all this preliminary," what does the narrator's use of the word "preliminary" suggest (80)?
(a) The hotels near Paddington are on the way back to Bat's apartment, which is where he really wants to be.
(b) The hotels near Paddington are where Bat expected to end up from the beginning of their quest.
(c) Bat is bored with the task of helping Syl and just wants to hurry up and get Syl a hotel room.
(d) Bat is still hoping that both he and Syl will end up spending the night with Pat.

3. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?
(a) Aloo pie.
(b) England's monarchy.
(c) Calypso music.
(d) Big Ben.

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

5. Which man volunteers to keep an eye on everyone and fine them if they are caught wasting money on drinking, smoking, or dating?
(a) de Nobriga.
(b) Syl.
(c) Gallows.
(d) Alfonso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nobby's landlady tell him he must feed his dog?

2. When the group of friends gather one summer night at Bat's apartment, why is Harry absent?

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

4. Each time the men go by Fitz and Teena's house, what do they find Fitz doing?

5. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?

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