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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 does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Flossie.

2. What time does Battersby usually wake up to get ready for work?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 5:00 a.m.
(c) 7:00 a.m.
(d) 6:00 a.m.

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

4. What is the main point of the remarks that Teena closes the meeting with?
(a) This group of men need to get serious, because they are a disgrace to their people.
(b) The only way West Indians can fight discrimination is by assimilating.
(c) This group of men will never succeed until they marry and have women to keep them focused.
(d) West Indian immigrants have to stick together in order to make sure they have the basics they need to live.

5. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?
(a) The "wind rippling through the rice stalks."
(b) A "snake weaving through long grass."
(c) A "wave moving through deep water."
(d) The "steam rising from a boiling kettle."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?

2. On page 102, what does the narrator compare the post-lunch conversation at Hamdon Court to?

3. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?

4. What kind of man does Jean say she would like to marry?

5. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?

(see the answer key)

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