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

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 are snobbish.
(b) They are all blind.
(c) They live millions of miles away.
(d) They are all deaf.

2. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

3. What man does the passenger mention to the narrator on the bus?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Cyril Blellow.
(d) Christopher Lloyd.

4. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?
(a) In the front.
(b) In the middle.
(c) In the back.
(d) To the side.

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

6. What does the narrator compare the noise of the waves to?
(a) A lion's roar.
(b) A bird's squawk.
(c) A giant's laugh.
(d) A snake's hiss.

7. What grows on the tree that the narrator encounters?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Red apples.
(d) Golden apples.

8. What does the Big Man repeatedly insist on getting?
(a) Justice.
(b) Thanks.
(c) His rights.
(d) His money.

9. What animals does the narrator encounter in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Giraffes.
(b) Bears.
(c) Lions.
(d) Tigers.

10. Whom did the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man murder?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Evan.
(c) Will.
(d) Jack.

11. Whom does the man on the bus say is the nearest of the "old ones"?
(a) Mahatma Ghandi.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Julius Caesar.

12. What grows around the tree preventing Ikey from touching the tree?
(a) Vines.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Hawthorn bushes.
(d) Rosebushes.

13. What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost say that rain would feel like if it were to fall?
(a) Machine-gun pellets.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Glass.
(d) Water.

14. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?
(a) Pushes the Big Man down.
(b) Limps away.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Slaps the narrator.

15. What does the narrator note about the other passengers when they exit the bus?
(a) They are white.
(b) They are glowing.
(c) They are transparent.
(d) They are sooty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?

2. What does Dick ask the Episcopal Ghost to do?

3. 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?"

4. How do the passengers get onto the bus?

5. What kind of sins do Dick and the Ghost speak about?

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