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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. According to the narrator, why is the idea of the excursion so popular in Brixton?
(a) Hamdon Court is a famous site in Britain.
(b) There is little else to do in Brixton.
(c) People are eager to start the summer with a party.
(d) The summer heat is more bearable in the countryside.

2. What does Gallows toss to Syl as he leaves him outside the final hotel?
(a) A piece of wood.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A roll of film.
(d) A bus token.

3. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Money.
(d) Rum.

4. On the summer night when everyone gathers at Bat's apartment, how does Bat prepare for their visit?
(a) He gets a loan from Jean to hide his own thefts.
(b) He hurries out and gathers housing listings.
(c) He goes to the market to get rum, limes, and soda.
(d) He hides all of his valuables.

5. When Matilda asks Bat why he called the name "Jeanie" while they were having sex, what literary technique is employed (52)?
(a) Paronomasia.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Paraprosdokian.
(d) Verbal irony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of year is it when the men first come up with the plan to buy a house?

3. When Bat tells Syl that a hotel room in the first area they go to is likely to cost two guineas or more, what does the narrator comment about Bat's motives?

4. 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?

5. What is a char-a-banc?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry react when he learns what Jean does for a living?

2. When the friends come to Bat's apartment to ask for their money back, what does the narrator mean when he says that Bat "shake the lists as if they was cheques" (60)?

3. How does Bat manipulate the situation so that he is the one who ends up with Pat?

4. What about the timing of the mens' plan to buy a house makes the narrator think they were never serious to begin with?

5. What two opposing forces pull at Charlie Victor during the excursion to Hamdon Court?

6. How did Nobby end up with a dog?

7. What does Syl spend most of his free time doing in the summer, and why does it seem to be a wasted effort?

8. When, outside the final hotel, Gallows asks whether Syl got Pat an Indian curry, what is he referring to, and what is Syl's reply?

9. What details does the narrator give that demonstrate how eager people are to go on the excursion?

10. What does Teena expect from Fitz during the excursion, and how does he get out of doing what she asks?

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