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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. From the narrator's explanation of how dogs are treated in the West Indies, what is it reasonable to conclude?
(a) He thinks that West Indians treat dogs more like family members than the English do.
(b) He thinks that the English spoil their dogs.
(c) He wishes that he had a dog of his own.
(d) He is embarrassed about how West Indians treat animals.

2. What does Harry do to make himself feel better after his conversation with Jean near the park?
(a) He picks up an English sex worker and takes her home.
(b) He goes to the apartment and drinks the last of Bat's rum.
(c) He takes out one of Poor's joints and smokes it.
(d) He buys and smokes a pack of expensive cigarettes.

3. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?
(a) Pimps.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Jean's customers.

4. Why does Gallows suggest that Pat be the one to go in and ask for a hotel room?
(a) He thinks Pat would have more control if the room were in her name.
(b) He suspects that Bat has some plan to take Pat from Syl.
(c) He wants the three men to leave her while she is inside asking for a room.
(d) He thinks that the hotel is unlikely to rent to Syl.

5. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Flossie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Syl tell Pat to stop doing when they see a police car approaching?

2. Why is Nobby so anxious to make sure his landlady likes him?

3. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?

4. In Westbourne Grove, when Pat refuses to let Syl touch her, what does Syl threaten to do?

5. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story about finding money did Alfy once tell Gallows?

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

4. How did Harry end up in London, and what point does the narrator say this illustrates?

5. What evidence is there that Gallows understands Bat's intentions during the search for the hotel?

6. When they are talking near the park, what truths does Jean reveal to Harry about Bat and his friends?

7. What irony does the narrator point out in the way men treat women?

8. How did Nobby end up with a dog?

9. Describe Bat's reaction to Matilda's suggestion about 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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