The Housing Lark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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The Housing Lark Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Sam Selvon
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 101-125.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year is it when the men first come up with the plan to buy a house?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

2. When Bat shoos the men out of his apartment so that he and Syl can be alone with Pat, what does Gallows stay behind for?
(a) To talk about Harry Banjo.
(b) To smoke marijuana.
(c) To drink sherry.
(d) To talk about the housing plan.

3. What does the narrator say the West Indian term "buttards" means (92)?
(a) A person who is always the target of a group's humor.
(b) The scrapings of food left at the bottom of the pot.
(c) A payment to be allowed to enter a game.
(d) The habit of repeatedly interrupting or talking over others.

4. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?
(a) Whether they should ask Bat to drop Gallows from the plan to buy a house.
(b) Whether they should tell Harry not to trust Bat.
(c) Whether Gallows should report Harry for smoking.
(d) Whether they should tell Harry that Jean is a sex worker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teena call "the first constructive remark" any of the men has made (115)?

2. What qualifies Bat to run the excursion to Hamdon Court?

3. On page 81, what description of his own demeanor does Bat give when he is persuading Syl to let him be the one to go into the final hotel to ask for a room?

4. Why does Gallows hope that he finds a wallet on the ground instead of finding loose money, as Alfy did?

5. After they count the money, what is the second topic of conversation that Teena introduces?

(see the answer key)

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