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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the young tramp claimed to have been?
(a) The prime minister
(b) A pimp
(c) A carpenter
(d) A lawyer

3. What does the narrator say he will he never think again about tramps?
(a) They are at fault for being homeless
(b) They are a source of humor
(c) They are drunken scoundrels
(d) They have somewhere to go

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

5. Why does Paddy want to bury his money?
(a) To avoid prison
(b) To save it
(c) To stop it from getting stolen
(d) To see if it will grow

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say uneducated men need to stay sane?

2. What does the narrator talk about in this chapter?

3. What did Bozo forget to do before he sold his razor?

4. Paddy asks if ____________ lived before Jesus Christ.

5. From what does the narrator say the tramps are cut off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stories does the narrator hear at the Cromley spike?

2. What are spikes?

3. How does Bozo win the narrator's admiration in chapter 33?

4. How is Bozo more interesting than other homeless people he has met in the book?

5. What ideas does the narrator have to improve the tramp's lives?

6. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

7. What are the narrator's views on England as he travels there by boat?

8. What reason does the narrator give for the existence of tramps?

9. Why does Paddy want to bury his five pence?

10. What does the narrator believe he has learned from his experiences?

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