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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nobby tell his landlady he has named the dog?
2. What is a char-a-banc?
3. Which of the friends seems most affected by the temptations of summer?
4. On page 59, what does the narrator compare the summer to?
5. When Bat finally suggests that they go try the hotels around Paddington Station, because he is "getting tired with all this preliminary," what does the narrator's use of the word "preliminary" suggest (80)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the crowd's behavior on the bus on the way to Hamdon Court.
2. Who are the Legion of Mary sisters, and what do they want from Jean?
3. 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?
4. What function do the historical details offered during the Hamdon Court excursion serve?
5. How does Harry react when he learns what Jean does for a living?
6. What two opposing forces pull at Charlie Victor during the excursion to Hamdon Court?
7. How did Nobby end up with a dog?
8. What does Poor do to disrupt the excursion, and why does he do it?
9. 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)?
10. Explain Matilda's "excursion" plan.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes Battersby's character. How is his characterization established? Is he a flat or round character? Static or dynamic? Ultimately, what purpose does his character serve in supporting the novel's theme? Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that affirms, refutes, or qualifies the following statement: "Harry Banjo's agent is, in effect, the magical genie that Bat has been waiting for throughout The Housing Lark." Be sure that, in taking a position on this idea, your essay considers the implications that this has for the theme of the novel. Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
In one lesson, you imagined a possible ending for The Housing Lark and then explained what messages your proposed ending would send regarding the tension between the pragmatic and the ideal. Now that you have finished the book, write an essay that analyzes its actual ending: explore the ideas about "use" and "dreaming" conveyed by this ending. Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
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