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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. How big are the bedrooms in the spike?
(a) 5x5 feet
(b) 8x8 feet
(c) 8x5 feet
(d) 10x10 feet

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that lodging providers should be required to install?

2. When can Boo not work?

3. How much money does the narrator have left the next morning?

4. What does the narrator say is a large part of Paddy's character?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Paddy and Bozo in the final chapter?

2. Describe the narrator's first night in London?

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

4. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

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

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

7. What reason does the carpenter give for throwing away all the food?

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

9. How does Bozo earn his money?

10. Summarize chapter 37.

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