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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. Fill in the following quote from the end of the novel: "Why are all of us here and not ________."
(a) Blue.
(b) The Lord.
(c) God.
(d) Christ.

2. Who pays for Blue and the narrator's dinner in Chapter VI?
(a) A friendly neighbor.
(b) Nobody, they got up and left without paying.
(c) Blue.
(d) The narrator.

3. In the hospital, what does the physician fear for Blue?
(a) Broken back.
(b) Ruptured spleen.
(c) Hernia.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. Fill in the following description of Copley Square: "One needs _____________ to fill the emptiness of Copley Square at night."
(a) Bands and fireworks.
(b) Nothing.
(c) People and voices.
(d) Prayer and meditation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Blue and the narrator circle the lakes in Chapter VI, where do they stop?

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

3. What is the narrator's goal in life?

4. After the narrator leaves the hospital, who comes to visit Blue?

5. What is Blue's last letter to the narrator about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Blue take in Chapter VII?

2. How many letters does the narrator have from Blue? Who are they from?

3. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?

4. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?

5. What is the vocation Blue found?

6. What religion is Blue?

7. What does the narrator learn from Blue in their walk around the lake about American Catholicism?

8. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?

9. What is the difference between a vow of poverty in a religious order and the vow of poverty that Blue took?

10. What is the narrators reaction to Blue's plan in Chapter VII to live among the poor?

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