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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which man volunteers to keep an eye on everyone and fine them if they are caught wasting money on drinking, smoking, or dating?
(a) Gallows.
(b) Syl.
(c) Alfonso.
(d) de Nobriga.

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

3. 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 ethos.
(d) Appeal to authority.

4. What does Harry plan to do to make "some big money" (15)?
(a) Sell tapes of his music.
(b) Rob a store.
(c) Write home to his parents.
(d) Get a construction job.

5. What technique is used when the narrator says that "Up in the atmosphere thunder roll with laughter"?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Hyperbole.

6. In what area of London is the novel set?
(a) Brixton.
(b) Hackney.
(c) Putney.
(d) Chelsea.

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

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

9. 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) It is important to remember what we have in common with others.
(c) All people are equal and have equal rights.
(d) There are two people in the conversation and both viewpoints count.

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

11. Who is it suggested was behind the assault on Eric Lopley?
(a) His landlords.
(b) The Rent Tribunal.
(c) The police.
(d) His employers.

12. 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) Poor.
(d) Harry.

13. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?
(a) He does not want Harry to be told what the rent is.
(b) He does not want Harry to bring his banjo.
(c) He wants Harry to agree not to speak to his sister.
(d) He wants Harry to agree to do all the cooking and cleaning.

14. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?
(a) Nobby.
(b) Syl.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Gallows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's purpose in listing the English behaviors and beliefs that he lists on pages 3 and 4?

2. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?

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

4. What is the name of Battersby's sister?

5. What do Harry and Jean agree that Bat and his friends all lack?

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