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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. What are the tramps embarrassed by in this chapter?
(a) Their lack of education
(b) Prayer talk
(c) Their smell
(d) A nun

2. What does the narrator say he will he never think again about tramps?
(a) They have somewhere to go
(b) They are a source of humor
(c) They are at fault for being homeless
(d) They are drunken scoundrels

3. Why does Paddy want to bury his money?
(a) To see if it will grow
(b) To save it
(c) To avoid prison
(d) To stop it from getting stolen

4. How does the narrator travel to London?
(a) By car
(b) By bus
(c) By ship
(d) By train

5. Which of the following does the narrator say is one of England's virtues?
(a) The beaches
(b) Mint sauce
(c) Cricket
(d) The weather

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bozo do to earn money?

2. To what does the narrator compare the spikes?

3. From what does the narrator say the tramps are cut off?

4. What do the deputy and his wife make at any time of the day?

5. Who does the narrator say is at blame for the existence of tramps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ideas does the narrator have to improve the tramp's lives?

2. What are spikes?

3. What kind of people live in the lodging house?

4. Why does the narrator use Croydon as an example of a good lodging house?

5. How do the people in the lodging house earn their money?

6. What reason does the carpenter give for throwing away all the food?

7. How does Bozo earn his money?

8. Summarize chapter 37.

9. Why does Paddy want to bury his five pence?

10. How do the tramps behave in the church in chapter 33?

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