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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gallows toss to Syl as he leaves him outside the final hotel?
(a) A bus token.
(b) A piece of wood.
(c) A roll of film.
(d) A cigarette.

2. 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 too far away from Pat's job.
(b) Pat is prejudiced against Blacks.
(c) Pat is afraid of being alone with three men.
(d) The apartment is very run down.

3. 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 why the city's rich people are so careless with trash.
(c) He wonders whether the city's streets are really paved with gold.
(d) He wonders why there are not more accidents on the city's terrible roads.

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

5. When Matilda asks Bat why he called the name "Jeanie" while they were having sex, what literary technique is employed (52)?
(a) Paronomasia.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

6. Why does Gallows suggest that Pat be the one to go in and ask for a hotel room?
(a) He thinks Pat would have more control if the room were in her name.
(b) He suspects that Bat has some plan to take Pat from Syl.
(c) He thinks that the hotel is unlikely to rent to Syl.
(d) He wants the three men to leave her while she is inside asking for a room.

7. When Gallows hears about the Notting Hill house, what is the first thing he wants to know?
(a) Whether the owners will sell to Blacks.
(b) How long they have to come up with a deposit.
(c) Whether it has a basement.
(d) What its address is.

8. When Bat is trying to seduce Matilda in his apartment after she suggests the excursion, besides flattering her, what else does he tell her?
(a) Her English boyfriend will never marry her.
(b) He wants to marry a Black woman.
(c) He will soon be rich.
(d) Her religious scruples are holding her back.

9. Where do the group of friends deliberately leave Gallows behind?
(a) The maze.
(b) The palace.
(c) The bus.
(d) The restrooms.

10. 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 music.
(b) The drinking.
(c) The food.
(d) The gossip.

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

12. What does Gallows take from a pile of trash when he, Syl, Pat, and Bat are looking for a hotel room?
(a) A bottle of rum.
(b) An old camera.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A five-pound note.

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

14. Of the friends who have agreed to the housing plan, which three does the narrator say are at least somewhat serious about getting a house?
(a) Bat, Gallows, and Harry.
(b) Gallows, Harry, and Ftiz.
(c) Harry, Bat, and Syl.
(d) Harry, Fitz, and Bat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator, why is the idea of the excursion so popular in Brixton?

4. Where does Bat first suggest Syl look for a hotel room?

5. 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?

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