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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Paddy want to bury?
(a) 50 pence
(b) 20 pence
(c) 5 pence
(d) 10 pence

2. What does the narrator say uneducated men need to stay sane?
(a) Physical work
(b) Education
(c) A family
(d) Drugs

3. What can the narrator see the man is from his face?
(a) Starving
(b) Religious
(c) Loving
(d) Humorless

4. What does the narrator pawn in this chapter?
(a) His books
(b) His clothes
(c) His gold chain
(d) His wedding ring

5. What do the narrator and his acquaintance have to do before they receive food from the church?
(a) Debate religion with the vicar
(b) Sing and dance
(c) Vandalize a rival church
(d) Listen to a sermon

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

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

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

9. What do the deputy and his wife make at any time of the day?
(a) Breakfast
(b) Coffee
(c) Tea
(d) Noise

10. How old is the former Eton boy?
(a) 50
(b) 34
(c) 19
(d) 60

11. How does the narrator describe Paddy's ignorance?
(a) Limitless and appalling
(b) Embarrassing
(c) Disgusting
(d) Funny and cute

12. What illness is the doctor for signs of?
(a) Smallpox
(b) Flu
(c) Cholera
(d) Consumption

13. How is Paddy eventually killed?
(a) He jumps off a bridge
(b) He is run over
(c) He starves
(d) He is murdered

14. What does the former Eton man do during the night and while he's asleep?
(a) Walks
(b) Talks
(c) Punches the wall
(d) Wets the bed

15. For what is Paddy put in prison?
(a) Prostitution
(b) Stealing
(c) Murder
(d) Begging

Short Answer Questions

1. What of the following is work Bozo and his friends don't do?

2. How many nights is a homeless person allowed to stay at a spike?

3. Which item of clothing does the narrator not pawn?

4. What does the narrator say he will he never think again about tramps?

5. What kind of shelter does the narrator stay in in this chapter?

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