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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the man with the bulbous nose tell the narrator is the trouble with the people of the gray town?
(a) They are generous.
(b) They are greedy.
(c) They are quarrelsome.
(d) They are ignorant.

3. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?
(a) They are disgraceful.
(b) They are too rich for his taste.
(c) They aren't the society he's used to.
(d) They are beautiful.

4. How had the Tousle-Headed Poet killed himself?
(a) He jumped off a building.
(b) He shot himself.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He jumped under a train.

5. What country's alignment in the war troubled the Tousle-Headed Poet?
(a) England's.
(b) Switzerland's.
(c) Ireland's.
(d) Russia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in the line say to the man she's with?

2. What will go on spreading indefinitely?

3. What time of day is it when the story begins?

4. What does the man on the bus say is lacking in the gray town?

5. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?

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