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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 800 pounds.
(b) 300 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 500 pounds.

2. When Bat tells his friends that they are "stupid," and Alfy agrees that this is true "in the past tense," what is Alfy implying (60)?
(a) The friends might feel differently if Bat has actually made some progress.
(b) His other friends are being foolish to ask for their money back.
(c) The friends were unwise to trust Bat in the first place.
(d) His friends were angry, before, but they have calmed down.

3. What is Syl's constant cross-kissing meant to show about him?
(a) He is trying to assimilate.
(b) He is superstitious and nervous.
(c) He is trying to impress Pat.
(d) He is very religious.

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

5. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Sarah.

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

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

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

9. What is Nobby's landlady's name?
(a) Mrs. Little.
(b) Mrs. Feltin.
(c) Mrs. Quinn.
(d) Mrs. Tucker.

10. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?
(a) It died in surgery.
(b) It was poisoned.
(c) It fell from his balcony.
(d) It ran away because the door was open.

11. When Bat shoos the men out of his apartment so that he and Syl can be alone with Pat, what does Gallows stay behind for?
(a) To smoke marijuana.
(b) To talk about the housing plan.
(c) To drink sherry.
(d) To talk about Harry Banjo.

12. 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 get Syl to ask him to split the cost of the room.
(b) He is trying to demonstrate to Pat how cheap Syl is.
(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.

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

14. On page 59, what does the narrator compare the summer to?
(a) The "marrying season."
(b) The "mating season."
(c) The "hunting season."
(d) The "planting season."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?

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

3. When the narrator says that Trinidadians love a "fete," what is he saying they love?

4. What idea about the second hotel is supported by the details of the patrons' clothing?

5. What does Syl tell Pat to stop doing when they see a police car approaching?

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