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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. What obstacle does Gallows encounter at the first estate agent office he goes into?
(a) The need to prove his income.
(b) An estate agent who refuses to talk to him.
(c) Owners who do not want to sell to Blacks.
(d) Prejudice against his criminal background.

2. What word does Poor use to refer to a marijuana cigarette?
(a) Charger
(b) Bone.
(c) Spliff.
(d) Bunt.

3. What does Poor do for a living?
(a) He works in a cannery.
(b) He is a sales clerk.
(c) He sells drugs.
(d) He is a pickpocket.

4. When Nobby says that his motto is not to interfere in another man's business, what question is he responding to?
(a) Whether they should ask Bat to drop Gallows from the plan to buy a house.
(b) Whether they should tell Harry that Jean is a sex worker.
(c) Whether they should tell Harry not to trust Bat.
(d) Whether Gallows should report Harry for smoking.

5. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?
(a) Battersby did not treat his last girlfriend well.
(b) Battersby tries to sleep with all of her friends.
(c) Battersby is known to lie all the time.
(d) Battersby already has an illegitimate child.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 32, when Fitz's attitude toward Teena is changing, to what does he compare her way of walking?

2. What nation has the protagonist emigrated from?

3. When Poor realizes that Harry is feeling down because of Jean, what does Poor suggest?

4. When the men indicate that they do not trust Battersby to hold the group's money, who volunteers to be the group's treasurer?

5. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what kind of woman does he wish for?

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