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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Gallows looking for when he comes into Battersby's apartment?
(a) A scrap of paper.
(b) A five-pound note.
(c) A joint.
(d) A button.

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

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

7. What nation has the protagonist emigrated from?
(a) Guyana.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Haiti.

8. When Jean is talking with Harry about her job, what job does she compare it to?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Receptionist.
(d) Professional athlete.

9. What is the name of the song that Harry wrote himself?
(a) "Stone-cold Dead in the Market."
(b) "Brit'n, Lovely Brit'n."
(c) "Old Lady You Mashing My Toe."
(d) "The Weatherman Lying."

10. What technique is employed when the narrator says, "If I was writing a story I could make up all sorts of things" (14)?
(a) Irony.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

12. 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.

13. What does Bat plan to do about the money missing from the house-buying fund?
(a) Borrow the money from Jean.
(b) Try to make it back by gambling.
(c) Tell everyone he was robbed.
(d) Work extra shifts to make it back.

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

15. What does Fitz claim he did when a former girlfriend suggested they get married?
(a) He broke up with her.
(b) He told her he was already married.
(c) He hit her in the head.
(d) He asked out her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is the name of Battersby's sister?

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