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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When the group of friends gather one summer night at Bat's apartment, why is Harry absent?
(a) He is in jail.
(b) He is visiting Jamaica.
(c) He is on a date.
(d) He is performing.

6. What does Syl tell Pat to stop doing when they see a police car approaching?
(a) Leaning against the wall.
(b) Crying.
(c) Hiding behind Bat.
(d) Shoving him.

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

8. 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 Harry Banjo.
(c) To drink sherry.
(d) To talk about the housing plan.

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

10. In his discussion of Syl's behavior with women, what does the narrator compare women to?
(a) Whales being hunted by Syl.
(b) Flowers being tended by Syl.
(c) Bottles of rum being drunk by Syl.
(d) Butterflies being captured by Syl.

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

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

13. 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) Harry, Fitz, and Bat.
(b) Gallows, Harry, and Ftiz.
(c) Harry, Bat, and Syl.
(d) Bat, Gallows, and Harry.

14. 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 Tottenham Court Road and ask his three friends from Barbados to let Pat and Syl stay there.
(c) They can go to an all-night restaurant in Piccadilly Circus and then Pat can catch a morning train to work.
(d) They can go to Hyde Park and ask his sister which hotels will rent rooms to Black patrons.

15. 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) 500 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 300 pounds.
(d) 800 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at the lunch area in a rowboat?

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

3. What does Nobby's landlady tell him he must feed his dog?

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

5. After they ask for it back, where does Bat tell the men the money they gave him is, right now?

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