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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?
(a) He is too religious.
(b) He is too generous.
(c) He is too serious.
(d) He is too innocent.

2. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?
(a) His race.
(b) His intellect.
(c) His looks.
(d) His poverty.

3. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Bunt.
(b) Spliff.
(c) Charger
(d) Bone.

4. When Poor and Harry are smoking in the park, what question does Harry ask?
(a) He asks how much rent Bat pays for their apartment.
(b) He asks what Jean does for a living.
(c) He asks whether Poor will reconsider the housing scheme.
(d) He asks whether Poor thinks he can make it as a musician.

5. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?
(a) He can fix Harry up with an English woman.
(b) He will talk to Jean on Harry's behalf.
(c) Harry should date Matilda to make Jean jealous.
(d) Harry should be more straightforward with Jean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man does Jean say she would like to marry?

2. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?

3. What does Battersby's sister do for a living?

4. What technique is employed when the narrator says, "If I was writing a story I could make up all sorts of things" (14)?

5. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?

Short Essay Questions

1. What number does Bat imagine giving his apartment, and why is this important to him?

2. How does Harry end up holding onto Poor's pack of cigarettes for him?

3. What observations does the narrator make about hidden ambition before telling the story of how Gallows came to England?

4. Describe the talent of Battersby's that the narrator talks about on pages 6 and 7.

5. What is the story of how Gallows came to live in London?

6. What did Battersby often listen to on his radio, and why did he stop?

7. How did Gallows come to meet Battersby and his friends?

8. What is ironic about the difference between the food Battersby imagines on page 2 and the food he genuinely likes?

9. Why does the narrator say that weather forecasters should be "diplomats" (4)?

10. Describe Matilda's conflicting thoughts about Jean's being a sex worker.

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