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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "We simply found ourselves in contact with a certain current of ideas and plunged into it because it seemed modern and successful?"
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Big Man.
(c) Dick.
(d) MacDonald.

2. Which ghost does the narrator encounter in the small clearing in Chapter 8?
(a) The Well-Dressed Woman.
(b) The Big Man.
(c) The Tragedian.
(d) The Dwarf.

3. What does the Well-Dressed Ghost in the forest tell the Solid One following her?
(a) To take her to the mountain.
(b) To take her to her husband.
(c) To leave her alone.
(d) To help her sleep.

4. Who says, "You'll be justifying the Inquisition in a moment?"
(a) The Episcopal Ghost.
(b) Dick.
(c) The Fat Man.
(d) MacDonald.

5. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?
(a) They are snobbish.
(b) They are all blind.
(c) They live millions of miles away.
(d) They are all deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose job is it, according to the Hard-Bitten Ghost, to find something that doesn't "bore us"?

2. What does the Big Man ask the Solid Man in Chapter 4?

3. What does the ghost by the tree say that Hell is?

4. Who says, "I don't see what all the talk is about. It's as good as any other park to look at, and darned uncomfortable?"

5. What does the Solid Man tell the Big Man there is none of here?

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