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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Westbourne Grove, when Pat refuses to let Syl touch her, what does Syl threaten to do?
(a) Take her back to Bat's apartment.
(b) Hit her.
(c) Abandon her.
(d) Make her pay for her own hotel.

6. 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 goes to the market to get rum, limes, and soda.
(c) He gets a loan from Jean to hide his own thefts.
(d) He hurries out and gathers housing listings.

7. 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 religious scruples are holding her back.
(b) He will soon be rich.
(c) Her English boyfriend will never marry her.
(d) He wants to marry a Black woman.

8. Why does Gallows hope that he finds a wallet on the ground instead of finding loose money, as Alfy did?
(a) It might lead to a reward from the owner.
(b) It would be easier to pretend to have dropped.
(c) It would be less work to pick up.
(d) It would likely contain more money.

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

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

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

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

13. According to the narrator, why is the idea of the excursion so popular in Brixton?
(a) The summer heat is more bearable in the countryside.
(b) People are eager to start the summer with a party.
(c) There is little else to do in Brixton.
(d) Hamdon Court is a famous site in Britain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What does the narrator compare Pat to when she goes into the final hotel with Bat?

4. When the group makes it to Westbourne Grove, whom does Bat tell Syl to ask about a hotel room?

5. When Syl is in the first hotel asking for a room, what does Bat object to?

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