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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of Blue's chosen vocation?
(a) Earn more money.
(b) Hold down a stable job.
(c) Spread the story of Christ.
(d) Educate youth about the ways of the world.

2. What kind of mood is Blue rarely in?
(a) Jovial.
(b) Loquacious.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Sociable.

3. How does the narrator know where to find Blue's hospital cot?
(a) He asked at the front desk.
(b) A crowd of people around him.
(c) Blue's note said the room number.
(d) The narrator knew the hospital well.

4. According to the narrator, Blue is a living demonstration of ____________.
(a) Honesty.
(b) Love.
(c) Christ.
(d) Faith.

5. As Blue and the narrator circle the lakes in Chapter VI, where do they stop?
(a) At the bench.
(b) They didn't stop.
(c) At a historical marker.
(d) At the paddle boat rental shop.

6. According to the narrator in Chapter VI, what is Blue?
(a) A Leader.
(b) A Visionary.
(c) A Mystic.
(d) A Believer.

7. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?
(a) Miniature.
(b) Church.
(c) Skyscraper.
(d) Bridges.

8. According to Blue, what is an interpretation of the faith in medieval Europe?
(a) Modern.
(b) Doric.
(c) Corinthian.
(d) Gothic.

9. What does Blue say God gives his friends?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Beads.
(c) A cross.
(d) Love.

10. What is the name of the member of the lumberyard gang who Blue took an interest in?
(a) Jim.
(b) Joe.
(c) Bill.
(d) Ed.

11. Who does the narrator equate Blue's loneliness to?
(a) The great prophets.
(b) The great musicians.
(c) The great writers.
(d) The great artists.

12. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is Saint Patrick's Cathedral?
(a) Gothic.
(b) An anachronism.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Modern.

13. According to Blue, all of the following are given by heaven except:
(a) Health.
(b) Money.
(c) Gaiety.
(d) Courage.

14. What makes up the majority of the content of Chapter V?
(a) Letters from Blue.
(b) Letters from the narrator to Blue.
(c) Records of Blue's achievements.
(d) Bank statements.

15. What does Blue leave for Mrs. Murphy?
(a) A key to his rooftop skyscraper.
(b) A treasure map.
(c) $100 dollars.
(d) A typed letter addressed to "My Good Dear Mother."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Blue, what are the best gifts from heaven?

2. What is one objection the narrator had to Blue's vocational plan?

3. Who is Blue's longest letter in Chapter V written to?

4. What gives Blue courage at the beginning of Chapter VI?

5. What color hair does Blue have?

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