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

2. From the narrator's comment that "Syl would of tried the Savoy that night, he was so thirsty," what can be concluded about the Savoy (79)?
(a) It is a hotel that caters to itinerants and sex workers.
(b) It is a very expensive and exclusive hotel.
(c) It is a bar where a person can easily meet sex workers.
(d) It is a hotel with a well-known bar.

3. Which of the friends sees Harry as he is being led away by the two men?
(a) Syl.
(b) Gallows.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Poor.

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

5. Which British monarch lived at Hamdon Court?
(a) Richard III.
(b) Richard I.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Edward II.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bat tells his friends that they are "stupid," and Alfy agrees that this is true "in the past tense," what is Alfy implying (60)?

2. 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?

3. What is Nobby's landlady's name?

4. What does Alfy do during the bus trip to Hamdon Court?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When the friends come to Bat's apartment to ask for their money back, how does Bat use their feelings for Harry to manipulate them?

2. What does Poor do to disrupt the excursion, and why does he do it?

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

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

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

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

7. 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)?

8. Describe Bat's reaction to Matilda's suggestion about the excursion.

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

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

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