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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of shelter does the narrator stay in in this chapter?
(a) A bus shelter
(b) An army shelter
(c) Salvation Army shelter
(d) Oxfam shelter

2. How old is Paddy?
(a) 18
(b) 23
(c) 42
(d) 35

3. What does the narrator say is illegal?
(a) Begging
(b) Spikes
(c) Pavement art
(d) Fighting among tramps

4. What is the name of the spike the narrator stays at in this chapter?
(a) Basildon
(b) Cromly
(c) Basingstoke
(d) Croydon

5. What does the narrator talk about in this chapter?
(a) British tea
(b) British weather
(c) Drugs
(d) Swear words and slang

6. What kind of stories does the narrator hear at the Cromley spike?
(a) Ghost stories
(b) Folk tales
(c) Bad luck stories
(d) Love stories

7. To what does the narrator refuse to subscribe?
(a) Oxfam
(b) The salvation army
(c) The big issue magazine
(d) The Times newspaper

8. What causes swear words to lose their original meaning?
(a) Legislation
(b) Change in language
(c) Regular use
(d) Cinema

9. What does the narrator say that lodging providers should be required to install?
(a) Toilets
(b) Beds
(c) A lounge area
(d) Sinks

10. What did Bozo forget to do before he sold his razor?
(a) Sharpen it
(b) Lend it to the narrator
(c) Shave
(d) Make it blunt

11. How many nights is a homeless person allowed to stay at a spike?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 7

12. Where do the tramps hide their money?
(a) Up their sleeves
(b) In their shoes
(c) In their underpants
(d) In their socks

13. What kind of street meeting does the narrator see in this chapter?
(a) A Jehova Witness meeting
(b) A Mormon meeting
(c) A fascist meeting
(d) A communist meeting

14. What does the narrator find uncomfortable in this chapter?
(a) Listening to the tramps' political opinions.
(b) Flirting with female tramps
(c) Talking to Bozo
(d) Mixing with blacks and Indians

15. What does the narrator list in this chapter?
(a) Things he needs to do
(b) Swear words
(c) Difficult to prounce words
(d) Slang words

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Paddy's friend?

2. What are the tramps embarrassed by in this chapter?

3. How old is the former Eton boy?

4. When can Boo not work?

5. Why does Paddy want to bury his money?

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