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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. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?
(a) He wonders whether the city's streets are really paved with gold.
(b) He wonders why the city's rich people are so careless with trash.
(c) He wonders why there are not more accidents on the city's terrible roads.
(d) He wonders how the city chooses pavement companies.

2. What nation has the protagonist emigrated from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Guyana.
(d) Haiti.

3. When Poor and Harry are smoking in the park, what question does Harry ask?
(a) He asks whether Poor will reconsider the housing scheme.
(b) He asks how much rent Bat pays for their apartment.
(c) He asks whether Poor thinks he can make it as a musician.
(d) He asks what Jean does for a living.

4. What does Alfy draw and ask Syl to identify when the friends are standing around talking by Marble Arch?
(a) Female genitalia.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) A map of Port of Spain.
(d) A marijuana plant.

5. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?
(a) It was poisoned.
(b) It fell from his balcony.
(c) It died in surgery.
(d) It ran away because the door was open.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?

2. Why does Gallows go to the market one Saturday afternoon?

3. According to the narrator, why is the idea of the excursion so popular in Brixton?

4. When Matilda asks Bat why he called the name "Jeanie" while they were having sex, what literary technique is employed (52)?

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

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