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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. What does Teena constantly try to prevent the men from doing?
(a) Drinking rum.
(b) Going to the race track.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Smoking marijuana.

2. When Gallows sees the other men in the market, what does he accuse them of, besides smoking?
(a) Lying about him to Battersby.
(b) Spending money on drinking and women.
(c) Trying to drop him from the plan to buy a house.
(d) Stealing his five-pound note.

3. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?
(a) The alarm clock.
(b) The tape recorder.
(c) The refrigerator.
(d) The hotplate.

4. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?
(a) Battersby already has an illegitimate child.
(b) Battersby is known to lie all the time.
(c) Battersby did not treat his last girlfriend well.
(d) Battersby tries to sleep with all of her friends.

5. What word does the narrator use to refer to the structure of his storytelling?
(a) Ballad.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Episodic.
(d) Recursive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can be inferred about Hampstead and Mayfair from Gallows's discussion with the estate agent?

3. When Matilda asks Jean about marrying Harry, what is Jean's first objection to Harry?

4. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?

5. Who is it suggested was behind the assault on Eric Lopley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator say to his audience about his decision not to offer more details about Poor's appearance and origins?

5. What does Battersby mean when he tells Alfonso that the weather forecaster is talking about "depression and high pressure" and that these are "things the boys know about" (4)?

6. According to the narrator, what are Alfy's, Nobby's, and Syl's real thoughts about buying the house?

7. Which of Bat's friends takes photographs, and what is comical about how he does it?

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

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

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

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