2. What qualifies Bat to run the excursion to Hamdon Court?
(a) He has a degree in history.
(b) He has previously run an excursion to Brighton.
(c) He has run many excursions in Trinidad.
(d) Nothing.

3. On page 81, what description of his own demeanor does Bat give when he is persuading Syl to let him be the one to go into the final hotel to ask for a room?
(a) "Aristocratic."
(b) "Hypnotic."
(c) "Diplomatic."
(d) "Optimistic."

4. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?
(a) Money.
(b) Rum.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. Which of the friends seems most affected by the temptations of summer?
(a) Gallows.
(b) Syl.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Alfy.

6. Where is Pat from?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

7. Based on the amount of detail given in the passage that describes Charlie Victor's feelings about West Indian culture, what does he seem to miss the most?
(a) The gossip.
(b) The food.
(c) The drinking.
(d) The music.

8. Who is the first of the friends to ask Bat for his money back?
(a) Alfy.
(b) Syl.
(c) Nobby.
(d) Fitz.

9. When Bat finally suggests that they go try the hotels around Paddington Station, because he is "getting tired with all this preliminary," what does the narrator's use of the word "preliminary" suggest (80)?
(a) The hotels near Paddington are on the way back to Bat's apartment, which is where he really wants to be.
(b) Bat is still hoping that both he and Syl will end up spending the night with Pat.
(c) The hotels near Paddington are where Bat expected to end up from the beginning of their quest.
(d) Bat is bored with the task of helping Syl and just wants to hurry up and get Syl a hotel room.

10. How does Jean surprise Gallows when he runs into her near the park where she is looking for clients?
(a) She offers to set him up with a friend of hers.
(b) She gives him two shillings and six pence.
(c) She tells him she is thinking of marrying Harry.
(d) She asks him to drop out of the housing plan.

11. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?
(a) He gives the dog to Fitz for his wife, Teena.
(b) He takes the dog and dumps it in Croyden.
(c) He leaves the dog on the train to Greenwich.
(d) He sells the dog to one of his colleagues.

12. What is a char-a-banc?
(a) A vehicle with several rows of bench seats and no center aisle.
(b) A larger taxi-cab, usually shared between more than one set of passengers.
(c) A double-decker bus used for sightseeing.
(d) A trolley car that has been converted to run without tracks.

13. What does the narrator say the West Indian term "buttards" means (92)?
(a) The scrapings of food left at the bottom of the pot.
(b) A payment to be allowed to enter a game.
(c) A person who is always the target of a group's humor.
(d) The habit of repeatedly interrupting or talking over others.

14. Which British monarch lived at Hamdon Court?
(a) Richard I.
(b) Edward II.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Richard III.

15. What is the name of Charlie Victor's date on the excursion?
(a) Viola.
(b) Doris.
(c) Betty.
(d) Maisie.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, on page 83, the narrator says that "Trinidadians does thirst after fete as pants the hart for crystal streams," what is the Trinidadians' love for "fete" being compared to?

2. According to Bat's reading of one housing listing, how much money will the friends need for a deposit on a house in Notting Hill?

3. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?

4. In Westbourne Grove, when Pat refuses to let Syl touch her, what does Syl threaten to do?

5. When Pat first announces that she has no intention of sharing a hotel room with Syl, what does Bat say in response?

(see the answer keys)

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