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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. Why does Gallows go to the market one Saturday afternoon?
(a) To spy on his friends.
(b) To try to get a job.
(c) To sell his photographs.
(d) To meet women.

2. What kind of appeal is the narrator making when he says "being as I want to tell the truth, I have to say that that is how it happen" (14)?
(a) Appeal to pathos.
(b) Appeal to ethos.
(c) Appeal to logos.
(d) Appeal to authority.

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

4. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?
(a) The "wind rippling through the rice stalks."
(b) A "snake weaving through long grass."
(c) The "steam rising from a boiling kettle."
(d) A "wave moving through deep water."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?

2. What causes the fuse in Bat's apartment building to blow?

3. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?

4. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?

5. Why does Bat get angry at Gallows for trying to do during the brief blackout in Bat's apartment building?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Battersby's apartment.

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

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

7. What is ironic about the story of Fitz's marriage?

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

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

10. To whom does Battersby threaten to complain about his housing situation, and why does he decide against making a complaint?

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