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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. When Jean tells Matilda about her plans for the future, what suggestion does she make that offends Matilda?
(a) She suggests that Bat has no intention of getting a house.
(b) She suggests that Matilda move in with Bat.
(c) She suggests that Matilda take up sex work.
(d) She suggests that Matilda consider returning to Trinidad.

2. What does the narrator compare the mens' appetites for women to?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Lions.

3. When the men arrive for the housing meeting, what is their attitude?
(a) Excited.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Congenial.
(d) Nervous.

4. When Matilda asks Bat why he called the name "Jeanie" while they were having sex, what literary technique is employed (52)?
(a) Paronomasia.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Paraprosdokian.
(d) Litotes.

5. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?
(a) He is too religious.
(b) He is too generous.
(c) He is too serious.
(d) He is too innocent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?

2. Why is Nobby so anxious to make sure his landlady likes him?

3. Once the money is all counted out, what spurious claim does Bat make?

4. On page 59, what does the narrator compare the summer to?

5. What is de Nobriga's nickname?

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