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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bat tells Syl that a hotel room in the first area they go to is likely to cost two guineas or more, what does the narrator comment about Bat's motives?
(a) He is trying to demonstrate to Pat how cheap Syl is.
(b) He is trying to get Syl to ask him to split the cost of the room.
(c) He is trying to get Syl to change his mind about getting a hotel.
(d) He is trying to demonstrate to Pat how poor Syl is.

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

3. After they ask for it back, where does Bat tell the men the money they gave him is, right now?
(a) Hidden in his mattress.
(b) Invested in the excursion.
(c) In Jean's apartment somewhere.
(d) Deposited with a real estate company.

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

5. What does Harry do to make himself feel better after his conversation with Jean near the park?
(a) He picks up an English sex worker and takes her home.
(b) He takes out one of Poor's joints and smokes it.
(c) He buys and smokes a pack of expensive cigarettes.
(d) He goes to the apartment and drinks the last of Bat's rum.

6. When Pat first announces that she has no intention of sharing a hotel room with Syl, what does Bat say in response?
(a) They should wait until they get to where they are going and then make a decision.
(b) Syl will sleep on the floor of the hotel room.
(c) He will stay with her and Syl to make sure nothing happens.
(d) Pat can come back to his apartment to spend the night.

7. 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) Bat is bored with the task of helping Syl and just wants to hurry up and get Syl a hotel room.
(b) The hotels near Paddington are where Bat expected to end up from the beginning of their quest.
(c) The hotels near Paddington are on the way back to Bat's apartment, which is where he really wants to be.
(d) Bat is still hoping that both he and Syl will end up spending the night with Pat.

8. When Syl is in the first hotel asking for a room, what does Bat object to?
(a) He does not like to see Pat standing alone outside the hotel.
(b) He thinks that Syl should have sent Pat into the hotel.
(c) He thinks that this hotel is unlikely to impress Pat.
(d) He does not like the way that Syl is manipulating Pat.

9. From the narrator's comment that "Syl would of tried the Savoy that night, he was so thirsty," what can be concluded about the Savoy (79)?
(a) It is a bar where a person can easily meet sex workers.
(b) It is a hotel that caters to itinerants and sex workers.
(c) It is a very expensive and exclusive hotel.
(d) It is a hotel with a well-known bar.

10. What does the narrator compare Pat to when she goes into the final hotel with Bat?
(a) A lemming.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A pawn.
(d) A child.

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

12. Which of the friends urges the others to give Bat a chance to explain what is happening with the housing plan?
(a) Nobby.
(b) Poor.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Gallows.

13. What suggestion does Bat make after Syl accuses Bat of deliberately taking him to an area where the hotels will refuse him?
(a) They can go back to the apartment, and Bat will stay upstairs with his sister and Matilda while Pat and Syl sleep downstairs.
(b) They can go to an all-night restaurant in Piccadilly Circus and then Pat can catch a morning train to work.
(c) They can go to Tottenham Court Road and ask his three friends from Barbados to let Pat and Syl stay there.
(d) They can go to Hyde Park and ask his sister which hotels will rent rooms to Black patrons.

14. What is implied by Pat looking around the apartment "as if she seeing it for the first time" before she announces "I can't sleep here" (76)?
(a) The apartment is very run down.
(b) Pat is afraid of being alone with three men.
(c) Pat is prejudiced against Blacks.
(d) The apartment is too far away from Pat's job.

15. What idea about the second hotel is supported by the details of the patrons' clothing?
(a) The hotel is an exclusive one.
(b) The hotel is unlikely to rent to an unmarried man and woman.
(c) The hotel is unlikely to rent to a Black customer.
(d) The hotel is frequented by sex workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nobby so anxious to make sure his landlady likes him?

2. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?

3. What is Nobby's landlady's name?

4. Why does Gallows suggest that Pat be the one to go in and ask for a hotel room?

5. 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?

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