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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. When the men indicate that they do not trust Battersby to hold the group's money, who volunteers to be the group's treasurer?
(a) Poor.
(b) Fitzwilliams.
(c) Harry.
(d) Jean.

2. When Poor and Harry are smoking in the park, what question does Harry ask?
(a) He asks how much rent Bat pays for their apartment.
(b) He asks whether Poor will reconsider the housing scheme.
(c) He asks what Jean does for a living.
(d) He asks whether Poor thinks he can make it as a musician.

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

4. What word do the characters use that hints at the French colonial history of Trinidad?
(a) Mince.
(b) Ouf.
(c) Merci.
(d) Oui.

5. What question does Harry ask Battersby when they are on their way to the store?
(a) In what part of London they should look for a house.
(b) How Alfonso and Poor got White girlfriends.
(c) Whether Jean has a boyfriend.
(d) Whether he knows any calypso songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it suggested was behind the assault on Eric Lopley?

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

3. What condition does Battersby put on his agreement to take Harry as a roommate?

4. What does Harry plan to do to make "some big money" (15)?

5. What do Harry and Jean agree that Bat and his friends all lack?

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