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

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

3. Where does the narrator say the red faced man learned his prayer talk?
(a) The library
(b) University
(c) School
(d) Prison

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

5. What is the name of the narrator's new friend?
(a) Seamus
(b) Paddy
(c) John
(d) Sergei

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the old age pension per week?

2. Where do the group of men in this chapter live?

3. How old is Paddy?

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

5. How many men live at the lodgings ?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the deputy and his wife?

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

3. Summarize chapter 37.

4. How do the people in the lodging house earn their money?

5. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

6. How does Bozo earn his money?

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

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

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

10. Describe the sleeping conditions of a spike.

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