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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. 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 gullibility.
(c) His chivalry.
(d) His greed.

2. What reason does Nobby give for thinking that Harry will not be able to make a success of his singing career?
(a) He is Black.
(b) He is easy to manipulate.
(c) He is not talented.
(d) He sings the wrong kind of music.

3. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?
(a) They are smoking marijuana.
(b) They have made a mess.
(c) They did not include her in their plans.
(d) They are all hitting on Matilda.

4. What word do the characters use that hints at the French colonial history of Trinidad?
(a) Merci.
(b) Oui.
(c) Mince.
(d) Ouf.

5. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?
(a) He gives the dog to Fitz for his wife, Teena.
(b) He leaves the dog on the train to Greenwich.
(c) He takes the dog and dumps it in Croyden.
(d) He sells the dog to one of his colleagues.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?

2. When Pat first announces that she has no intention of sharing a hotel room with Syl, what does Bat say in response?

3. What is Nobby's landlady's name?

4. In the market, when Alfy calls out to Poor that he is "dying for a cigarette," what reason does he give for not smoking one (39)?

5. Where does Bat first suggest Syl look for a hotel room?

(see the answer key)

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