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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bat say is wrong with the house that he supposedly went to see in Cricklewood?
(a) It needs a new roof.
(b) It is too large.
(c) It is not on a bus line.
(d) It has dry rot.

2. Which British monarch lived at Hamdon Court?
(a) Edward II.
(b) Richard I.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Richard III.

3. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?
(a) Police officers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Pimps.
(d) Jean's customers.

4. What does the narrator compare Pat to when she goes into the final hotel with Bat?
(a) A pawn.
(b) A lemming.
(c) A child.
(d) A lamb.

5. What qualifies Bat to run the excursion to Hamdon Court?
(a) He has run many excursions in Trinidad.
(b) He has a degree in history.
(c) He has previously run an excursion to Brighton.
(d) Nothing.

6. Where is Pat from?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

7. When Syl is in the first hotel asking for a room, what does Bat object to?
(a) He thinks that this hotel is unlikely to impress Pat.
(b) He thinks that Syl should have sent Pat into the hotel.
(c) He does not like the way that Syl is manipulating Pat.
(d) He does not like to see Pat standing alone outside the hotel.

8. Based on the amount of detail given in the passage that describes Charlie Victor's feelings about West Indian culture, what does he seem to miss the most?
(a) The music.
(b) The gossip.
(c) The drinking.
(d) The food.

9. What is a char-a-banc?
(a) A vehicle with several rows of bench seats and no center aisle.
(b) A trolley car that has been converted to run without tracks.
(c) A double-decker bus used for sightseeing.
(d) A larger taxi-cab, usually shared between more than one set of passengers.

10. Why does Gallows suggest that Pat be the one to go in and ask for a hotel room?
(a) He wants the three men to leave her while she is inside asking for a room.
(b) He thinks Pat would have more control if the room were in her name.
(c) He thinks that the hotel is unlikely to rent to Syl.
(d) He suspects that Bat has some plan to take Pat from Syl.

11. Which of the friends urges the others to give Bat a chance to explain what is happening with the housing plan?
(a) Nobby.
(b) Gallows.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Poor.

12. According to Bat's reading of one housing listing, how much money will the friends need for a deposit on a house in Notting Hill?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 300 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 800 pounds.

13. On page 59, what does the narrator compare the summer to?
(a) The "hunting season."
(b) The "marrying season."
(c) The "mating season."
(d) The "planting season."

14. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?
(a) He gives the dog to Fitz for his wife, Teena.
(b) He sells the dog to one of his colleagues.
(c) He takes the dog and dumps it in Croyden.
(d) He leaves the dog on the train to Greenwich.

15. From the narrator's comment that "Syl would of tried the Savoy that night, he was so thirsty," what can be concluded about the Savoy (79)?
(a) It is a hotel with a well-known bar.
(b) It is a bar where a person can easily meet sex workers.
(c) It is a very expensive and exclusive hotel.
(d) It is a hotel that caters to itinerants and sex workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Syl tell Pat to stop doing when they see a police car approaching?

2. Which quality of Syl's is Bat taking advantage of when he asks Syl for three guineas for the final hotel room?

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

4. When, on page 83, the narrator says that "Trinidadians does thirst after fete as pants the hart for crystal streams," what is the Trinidadians' love for "fete" being compared to?

5. When Bat tells Syl that a hotel room in the first area they go to is likely to cost two guineas or more, what does the narrator comment about Bat's motives?

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