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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Harry runs into Jean near the park on the night he is wandering around high, what does he finally realize?
2. On page 81, what description of his own demeanor does Bat give when he is persuading Syl to let him be the one to go into the final hotel to ask for a room?
3. Why does Harry go into the phone booth?
4. Where do the group of friends deliberately leave Gallows behind?
5. What is Syl's solution to Nobby's unwilling dog ownership?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How did Nobby end up with a dog?
3. Describe the crowd's behavior on the bus on the way to Hamdon Court.
4. What details does the narrator give that demonstrate how eager people are to go on the excursion?
5. What irony does the narrator point out in the way men treat women?
6. Who are the Legion of Mary sisters, and what do they want from Jean?
7. What two opposing forces pull at Charlie Victor during the excursion to Hamdon Court?
8. When the friends come to Bat's apartment to ask for their money back, what does the narrator mean when he says that Bat "shake the lists as if they was cheques" (60)?
9. What evidence is there that Gallows understands Bat's intentions during the search for the hotel?
10. What function do the historical details offered during the Hamdon Court excursion serve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In The Housing Lark, the characters live, work, and socialize primarily in Brixton. But many other areas of London are mentioned by name. Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about how these other areas of London are used in this text. What ideas do the various London boroughs and suburbs stand in for in the book's discussion of things like immigration, prejudice, and insider and outsider statuses? Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes the layered meaning of the book's title. How does the title point toward the idea of a quixotic quest? How does it create expectations of humor? How does it exemplify the way that humor is used to deflect from pain throughout the novel? Why "lark" instead of "folly" or "plan" or "quest"? Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explicate the relationship between the weather, the seasons, and the passage of time in The Housing Lark. Explain how these topics are introduced and developed, and then show how each impacts the reader's understanding of the others. Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
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