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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Harry go into the phone booth?
(a) To call his agent.
(b) To call Poor.
(c) To call the police.
(d) To call a hotel.

2. What idea about the second hotel is supported by the details of the patrons' clothing?
(a) The hotel is an exclusive one.
(b) The hotel is unlikely to rent to a Black customer.
(c) The hotel is unlikely to rent to an unmarried man and woman.
(d) The hotel is frequented by sex workers.

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

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

5. What does Harry do to make himself feel better after his conversation with Jean near the park?
(a) He picks up an English sex worker and takes her home.
(b) He buys and smokes a pack of expensive cigarettes.
(c) He takes out one of Poor's joints and smokes it.
(d) He goes to the apartment and drinks the last of Bat's rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?

2. 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?

3. Where is Pat from?

4. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?

5. Who are the two men that wait for Harry outside the phone booth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Syl spend most of his free time doing in the summer, and why does it seem to be a wasted effort?

2. What details does the narrator give that demonstrate how eager people are to go on the excursion?

3. How did Nobby end up with a dog?

4. What does Poor do to disrupt the excursion, and why does he do it?

5. What story about finding money did Alfy once tell Gallows?

6. How did Harry end up in London, and what point does the narrator say this illustrates?

7. When the friends come to Bat's apartment to ask for their money back, how does Bat use their feelings for Harry to manipulate them?

8. How does Bat manipulate the situation so that he is the one who ends up with Pat?

9. What two opposing forces pull at Charlie Victor during the excursion to Hamdon Court?

10. What details does the narrator give about the excursion crowd's clothing and the things they are carrying, and what do these details imply?

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