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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?
(a) Whether they should ask Bat to drop Gallows from the plan to buy a house.
(b) Whether they should tell Harry that Jean is a sex worker.
(c) Whether they should tell Harry not to trust Bat.
(d) Whether Gallows should report Harry for smoking.

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

3. What is the name of the song that Harry wrote himself?
(a) "Brit'n, Lovely Brit'n."
(b) "The Weatherman Lying."
(c) "Stone-cold Dead in the Market."
(d) "Old Lady You Mashing My Toe."

4. In the page 1 sentence "Pound notes and fivers start to fall all about in the room, until is as if he is swimming in it, and the water-mark rising higher and higher," what technique is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What can be inferred about Hampstead and Mayfair from Gallows's discussion with the estate agent?
(a) These areas are less racially prejudiced.
(b) Both are a long way from central London.
(c) Both have a large number of vacant properties.
(d) These are wealthy areas.

6. What technique is employed when the narrator says, "If I was writing a story I could make up all sorts of things" (14)?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Irony.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Paradox.

7. Who comes to Battersby's apartment while he is trying to eat breakfast?
(a) Fitzwilliams.
(b) His sister.
(c) Charlie Victor.
(d) Harry Banjo.

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

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

10. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what kind of woman does he wish for?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Smart.
(c) Generous.
(d) Nice.

11. 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 ethos.
(b) Appeal to logos.
(c) Appeal to pathos.
(d) Appeal to authority.

12. After Harry moves in, how does Bat's attitude about the apartment change?
(a) It starts to feel like a home where he could bring a wife.
(b) It starts to seem like not such a bad place.
(c) It seems even more run-down and embarrassing.
(d) It suddenly feels too small.

13. Why does Bat get angry at Gallows for trying to do during the brief blackout in Bat's apartment building?
(a) Drink Bat's rum.
(b) Steal money.
(c) Smoke Bat's cigarettes.
(d) Touch Matilda.

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

15. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?
(a) His looks.
(b) His poverty.
(c) His race.
(d) His intellect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gallows go to the market one Saturday afternoon?

2. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?

3. What question does Harry ask Battersby when they are on their way to the store?

4. Why does Gallows say that he feels sorry for Harry?

5. What technique is used when the narrator says that "Up in the atmosphere thunder roll with laughter"?

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