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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Harry.
(b) Fitzwilliams.
(c) Poor.
(d) Jean.

2. What objection does Battersby have to having Harry as a roommate?
(a) Harry is Jamaican.
(b) Harry is interested in Battersby's sister.
(c) Harry has no steady income.
(d) Harry plays the banjo.

3. What is the name of Battersby's sister?
(a) Mary.
(b) Jean.
(c) Matilda.
(d) Lily.

4. Which of his friends warns Bat to not get married?
(a) Alfy.
(b) Fitz.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Poor.

5. What is de Nobriga's nickname?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Iggy.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Deno.

6. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what does he wish for, besides a woman?
(a) Money, food, and rum.
(b) Food, rum, and marijuana.
(c) Power, money, and fame.
(d) Fame, money, and respect.

7. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?
(a) Harry should be more straightforward with Jean.
(b) He can fix Harry up with an English woman.
(c) He will talk to Jean on Harry's behalf.
(d) Harry should date Matilda to make Jean jealous.

8. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?
(a) Owners who do not want to sell to Blacks.
(b) An estate agent who refuses to talk to him.
(c) Prejudice against his criminal background.
(d) The need to prove his income.

9. As Poor approaches his friends in the market, what detail of his appearance does the narrator mention?
(a) He always has his hands in his pockets.
(b) He has a habit of looking at the ground as he walks.
(c) He walks with a barely noticeable limp.
(d) He has a dimple on his left cheek, but not his right.

10. What does Battersby mean when he says "You is one of we" (9)?
(a) The person he is speaking to is from the same background as Battersby.
(b) All people are equal and have equal rights.
(c) It is important to remember what we have in common with others.
(d) There are two people in the conversation and both viewpoints count.

11. How did Fitz meet Teena?
(a) She lived in Poor's building.
(b) She worked with Syl.
(c) She is Nobby's cousin.
(d) She was Alfy's girlfriend.

12. What does Battersby's sister do for a living?
(a) She is a pickpocket.
(b) She sings and plays music in the subway.
(c) She begs for money in the park.
(d) She is a sex worker.

13. Each time the men go by Fitz and Teena's house, what do they find Fitz doing?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Reading.
(c) Praying.
(d) Sleeping.

14. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Spliff.
(b) Bone.
(c) Bunt.
(d) Charger

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the expression "as if butter won't melt in his mouth" mean (8)?

3. 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)?

4. What does the narrator say is "the biggest thing that ever happen to Gallows" (37)?

5. 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)?

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