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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator hear a young man ranting about getting?
(a) A car
(b) A job
(c) A truck
(d) A wife

2. On the what do the tramps sleep?
(a) The floor
(b) An armchair
(c) A bed
(d) A mattress

3. How many men live at the lodgings ?
(a) 140
(b) 150
(c) 90
(d) 120

4. What kind of status does the narrator say that tramps need to attain?
(a) Wealthy status
(b) Human status
(c) Working status
(d) Pauper status

5. Where is the cheapest lodgings in London?
(a) Leicester Square
(b) The Embankment
(c) Charing Cross
(d) Wandsworth

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

7. Who do the tramps jeer at during the service?
(a) The narrator
(b) A government official
(c) The preacher
(d) The preacher's mother

8. Which of the following is an example of the work Bozo and his friends do?
(a) A marriage consultant
(b) Selling matches
(c) Preaching
(d) Cricket scorer

9. About what does the narrator tell the carpenter?
(a) His girlfriend
(b) His last holiday
(c) The wasted food
(d) His upbringing

10. What does Bozo sell to get money?
(a) His socks
(b) His shoes
(c) His razor
(d) His diamond ring

11. What do the tramps have to do first thing in the morning?
(a) 20 press ups
(b) Strip for inspection
(c) Run around the yard
(d) Sing for their breakfast

12. What of the following is work Bozo and his friends don't do?
(a) Take photographs
(b) Street acrobatics
(c) Transcribe
(d) Sell matches

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

14. How many times a week do the church serve tea to tramps?
(a) Four times
(b) Once
(c) Three times
(d) Twice

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Paddy asks if ____________ lived before Jesus Christ.

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

3. What does the young tramp claimed to have been?

4. How is Paddy eventually killed?

5. What countries slang and swear words does the author discuss?

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