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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?
(a) Love.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Recognition.
(d) Money.

2. What does the Big Man ask the Solid Man in Chapter 4?
(a) If he's miserable.
(b) If he's ashamed.
(c) If he's excited.
(d) If he's in danger.

3. What does the Solid Man say he is here to be for the Big Man?
(a) His servant.
(b) His nurse.
(c) His boss.
(d) His brother.

4. What is remarkable about the people who approach from the mountain?
(a) Their anger.
(b) Their fear.
(c) Their brightness.
(d) Their invisibility.

5. What proves difficult for the narrator when wandering the new land?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Flying.
(c) Sailing the river.
(d) Walking on grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is the story told?

2. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?

3. Where is the one place the narrator encounters people in the gray town?

4. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?

5. Who asks the bus driver when they have to be back?

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