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

2. From the narrator's comment that "Syl would of tried the Savoy that night, he was so thirsty," what can be concluded about the Savoy (79)?
(a) It is a bar where a person can easily meet sex workers.
(b) It is a very expensive and exclusive hotel.
(c) It is a hotel that caters to itinerants and sex workers.
(d) It is a hotel with a well-known bar.

3. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?
(a) Jean is a sex worker.
(b) Jean is controlling and mean.
(c) Jean is the only thing keeping the housing plan together.
(d) Jean does not want to marry a Black man.

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

5. What does Fitz claim he did when a former girlfriend suggested they get married?
(a) He asked out her best friend.
(b) He told her he was already married.
(c) He broke up with her.
(d) He hit her in the head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are many people in the West Indian community upset with Poor?

3. In what area of London is the novel set?

4. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?

5. Where does Gallows tell his friends that he might get a windfall of money from?

(see the answer key)

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