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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 a tramp tell the narrator about in this chapter?
(a) The spike
(b) Women
(c) Love
(d) His upbringing

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

3. What countries slang and swear words does the author discuss?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) Britain
(d) Holland

4. For how long is the narrator staying at the spike?
(a) Five days
(b) A week
(c) A weekend
(d) One night

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When will the narrator's new employers arrive home?

3. Why does Paddy want to bury his money?

4. What is the name give to the lead tramp?

5. Paddy asks if ____________ lived before Jesus Christ.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are spikes?

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

5. What happens in the morning at the spike in chapter 27?

6. Why does the narrator use Croydon as an example of a good lodging house?

7. What is the narrator's theory about British swear words?

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

9. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

10. Describe the sleeping conditions of a spike.

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