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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. Each time the men go by Fitz and Teena's house, what do they find Fitz doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Praying.
(c) Reading.
(d) Cleaning.

2. What does Teena constantly try to prevent the men from doing?
(a) Smoking marijuana.
(b) Going to the race track.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking rum.

3. What word do the male characters often use to refer to a woman?
(a) Ride.
(b) Creature.
(c) Thing.
(d) Chick.

4. What does Harry plan to do to make "some big money" (15)?
(a) Sell tapes of his music.
(b) Get a construction job.
(c) Rob a store.
(d) Write home to his parents.

5. What word does Battersby use to describe his sister?
(a) Bulldog.
(b) Storm.
(c) Fire.
(d) Shark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?

2. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?

3. In the page 1 sentence "Pound notes and fivers start to fall all about in the room, until is as if he is swimming in it, and the water-mark rising higher and higher," what technique is being used?

4. When Harry and Jean go out into the hallway together, he decides to "make hay while the match was shining" (26). What does the expression "make hay" mean?

5. On what day of the week does the story open?

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