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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) 8x5 feet
(b) 5x5 feet
(c) 10x10 feet
(d) 8x8 feet

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

3. What does the narrator say uneducated men need to stay sane?
(a) Drugs
(b) A family
(c) Physical work
(d) Education

4. What are the tramps embarrassed by in this chapter?
(a) A nun
(b) Their smell
(c) Prayer talk
(d) Their lack of education

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator summarize in this chapter?

2. What does the narrator say is illegal?

3. To what does the narrator compare the spikes?

4. How many times a week do the church serve tea to tramps?

5. What does the narrator say he will he never think again about tramps?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Paddy different from Boris?

2. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

3. Describe the narrator's experience at the church in chapter 26.

4. Describe the character of Paddy.

5. In what way does the young man affect the narrator in chapter 29?

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

7. Describe the sleeping conditions of a spike.

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

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

10. What does the narrator discover about England in chapter 25?

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