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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 Harry go into the phone booth?
(a) To call the police.
(b) To call his agent.
(c) To call Poor.
(d) To call a hotel.

2. What does the narrator compare Pat to when she goes into the final hotel with Bat?
(a) A pawn.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A child.
(d) A lemming.

3. How does Jean react when Gallows tells her about the legal danger Poor has placed Harry in?
(a) She mocks Harry's gullibility.
(b) She offers to help find Harry.
(c) She curses Poor.
(d) She feigns disinterest.

4. According to Bat's reading of one housing listing, how much money will the friends need for a deposit on a house in Notting Hill?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 800 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

5. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?
(a) Pat's clear preference for Bat.
(b) The refusal of hotel after hotel to rent Syl a room.
(c) Syl's repeated accidents and misfortunes that night.
(d) The nasty turn the weather takes while the group is looking for a hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bat is trying to seduce Matilda in his apartment after she suggests the excursion, besides flattering her, what else does he tell her?

2. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?

3. Which quality of Syl's is Bat taking advantage of when he asks Syl for three guineas for the final hotel room?

4. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?

5. What does the narrator say the West Indian term "buttards" means (92)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tactics does Syl use to try to get Pat to sleep with him that violate modern Western standards of consent?

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

3. Who are the Legion of Mary sisters, and what do they want from Jean?

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

5. 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?

6. What function do the historical details offered during the Hamdon Court excursion serve?

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

8. What details does the narrator give about the excursion crowd's clothing and the things they are carrying, and what do these details imply?

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

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

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