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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A rabbit's love of shiny and reflective surfaces.
(b) The human love of beautiful clothing and jewelry.
(c) The human heart's response to nature.
(d) A deer's love of clear running water.

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

3. What does Alfy draw and ask Syl to identify when the friends are standing around talking by Marble Arch?
(a) A marijuana plant.
(b) Female genitalia.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) A map of Port of Spain.

4. On the summer night when everyone gathers at Bat's apartment, how does Bat prepare for their visit?
(a) He goes to the market to get rum, limes, and soda.
(b) He hides all of his valuables.
(c) He hurries out and gathers housing listings.
(d) He gets a loan from Jean to hide his own thefts.

5. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?
(a) He wonders how the city chooses pavement companies.
(b) He wonders whether the city's streets are really paved with gold.
(c) He wonders why the city's rich people are so careless with trash.
(d) He wonders why there are not more accidents on the city's terrible roads.

6. What does Alfy do during the bus trip to Hamdon Court?
(a) Sings calypso.
(b) Recites poetry.
(c) Takes pictures.
(d) Starts a rummy game.

7. Who arrives at the lunch area in a rowboat?
(a) Gallows.
(b) Poor.
(c) Syl.
(d) Charlie.

8. What time of year is it when the men first come up with the plan to buy a house?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

9. 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 to Tottenham Court Road and ask his three friends from Barbados to let Pat and Syl stay there.
(b) They can go back to the apartment, and Bat will stay upstairs with his sister and Matilda while Pat and Syl sleep downstairs.
(c) They can go to Hyde Park and ask his sister which hotels will rent rooms to Black patrons.
(d) They can go to an all-night restaurant in Piccadilly Circus and then Pat can catch a morning train to work.

10. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?
(a) Priests.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Pimps.
(d) Jean's customers.

11. When the group makes it to Westbourne Grove, whom does Bat tell Syl to ask about a hotel room?
(a) A man selling fruit at a stall.
(b) The doormen outside an apartment building.
(c) A newspaper delivery boy.
(d) A group of taxi drivers.

12. When the narrator says that Trinidadians love a "fete," what is he saying they love?
(a) Celebrations.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Races.

13. What does the narrator compare the mens' appetites for women to?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Lions.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Dogs.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Syl's constant cross-kissing meant to show about him?

3. 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)?

4. From the narrator's explanation of how dogs are treated in the West Indies, what is it reasonable to conclude?

5. Which phrase that Bat allegedly reads from the housing listings on page 61 is a clue that he might be lying?

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