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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 Poor approaches his friends in the market, what detail of his appearance does the narrator mention?
(a) He has a dimple on his left cheek, but not his right.
(b) He has a habit of looking at the ground as he walks.
(c) He walks with a barely noticeable limp.
(d) He always has his hands in his pockets.

2. On page 3, what does the narrator note that Battersby finds strange about living in England?
(a) The prices.
(b) The weather.
(c) The traffic.
(d) The dialects.

3. In what area of London is the novel set?
(a) Hackney.
(b) Brixton.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) Putney.

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

5. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?
(a) Whether Gallows should report Harry for smoking.
(b) Whether they should tell Harry not to trust Bat.
(c) Whether they should ask Bat to drop Gallows from the plan to buy a house.
(d) Whether they should tell Harry that Jean is a sex worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?

2. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?

3. Who comes to Battersby's apartment while he is trying to eat breakfast?

4. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?

5. What word does Battersby use to describe his sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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)?

8. Describe Battersby's apartment.

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

10. Describe the woman that Gallows depended on for food and a place to live when he first came to London.

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