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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. On what day of the week does the story open?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What kind of appeal is the narrator making when he says "being as I want to tell the truth, I have to say that that is how it happen" (14)?
(a) Appeal to logos.
(b) Appeal to pathos.
(c) Appeal to authority.
(d) Appeal to ethos.

3. What do Battersby and Harry go out to get when Battersby's friends gather at his apartment?
(a) Benne balls and sweet potato chips.
(b) Soda water and lime juice.
(c) A newspaper and a lottery ticket.
(d) Cigarettes and rum.

4. When the men indicate that they do not trust Battersby to hold the group's money, who volunteers to be the group's treasurer?
(a) Fitzwilliams.
(b) Jean.
(c) Harry.
(d) Poor.

5. Why does Gallows go to the market one Saturday afternoon?
(a) To meet women.
(b) To try to get a job.
(c) To spy on his friends.
(d) To sell his photographs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time does Battersby usually wake up to get ready for work?

3. What does Nobby's landlady tell him he must feed his dog?

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

5. When Poor returns to the char-a-banc at the end of the excursion, what does he find has happened?

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