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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. 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

2. How many men live at the lodgings ?
(a) 90
(b) 120
(c) 150
(d) 140

3. To what does the narrator refuse to subscribe?
(a) The big issue magazine
(b) Oxfam
(c) The Times newspaper
(d) The salvation army

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

5. What of the following is work Bozo and his friends don't do?
(a) Street acrobatics
(b) Take photographs
(c) Sell matches
(d) Transcribe

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is the former Eton boy?

3. What did Bozo forget to do before he sold his razor?

4. What does the narrator say has destroyed manhood?

5. How often does Bozo draw new pictures?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bozo win the narrator's admiration in chapter 33?

2. What happens in the morning at the spike in chapter 27?

3. Describe the character of Paddy.

4. How does Bozo earn his money?

5. How does the narrator describe the deputy and his wife?

6. Describe the sleeping conditions of a spike.

7. What is the narrator's theory about British swear words?

8. What stories does the narrator hear at the Cromley spike?

9. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

10. Describe the narrator's experience at the church in chapter 26.

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