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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 26-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Battersby's apartment while he is trying to eat breakfast?
(a) Fitzwilliams.
(b) Harry Banjo.
(c) Charlie Victor.
(d) His sister.

2. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?
(a) Harry should date Matilda to make Jean jealous.
(b) He will talk to Jean on Harry's behalf.
(c) He can fix Harry up with an English woman.
(d) Harry should be more straightforward with Jean.

3. As her conversation with Matilda continues, what second objection to Harry does Jean raise?
(a) He is too innocent.
(b) He is too serious.
(c) He is too generous.
(d) He is too religious.

4. After Harry moves in, how does Bat's attitude about the apartment change?
(a) It suddenly feels too small.
(b) It starts to seem like not such a bad place.
(c) It starts to feel like a home where he could bring a wife.
(d) It seems even more run-down and embarrassing.

5. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?
(a) The "steam rising from a boiling kettle."
(b) A "snake weaving through long grass."
(c) A "wave moving through deep water."
(d) The "wind rippling through the rice stalks."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?

2. Which of his friends warns Bat to not get married?

3. What is the name of the song that Harry wrote himself?

4. What does Bat plan to do about the money missing from the house-buying fund?

5. What word does Battersby use to describe his sister?

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