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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 101-125.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gallows say that he feels sorry for Harry?
(a) Because Bat takes advantage of Harry.
(b) Because Harry is in love with Jean.
(c) Because Harry is having trouble selling his music.
(d) Because Harry is Jamaican.

2. When the group of friends gather one summer night at Bat's apartment, why is Harry absent?
(a) He is on a date.
(b) He is visiting Jamaica.
(c) He is performing.
(d) He is in jail.

3. Which of Bat's friends hopes to live in the basement of the house they are planning to buy?
(a) Gallows.
(b) Alfy.
(c) Syl.
(d) Nobby.

4. When Gallows looks at the pavement of Bayswater Road, what does it make him wonder about London?
(a) He wonders why the city's rich people are so careless with trash.
(b) He wonders how the city chooses pavement companies.
(c) He wonders why there are not more accidents on the city's terrible roads.
(d) He wonders whether the city's streets are really paved with gold.

5. What kind of man does Jean say she would like to marry?
(a) A man like Bat.
(b) A man like Harry.
(c) A rich man.
(d) A White man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the men have been to visit Harry in jail?

2. What reason does Nobby give for thinking that Harry will not be able to make a success of his singing career?

3. When the men arrive for the housing meeting, what is their attitude?

4. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?

5. What does Nobby's landlady tell him he must feed his dog?

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