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

2. From what does the narrator say the tramps are cut off?
(a) Pawn shops
(b) Women
(c) Bank accounts
(d) Reality

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

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

5. What does the narrator summarize in this chapter?
(a) Vagrant sleeping conditions
(b) Vagrant eating habits
(c) The benefits of married life
(d) The British justice system

Short Answer Questions

1. What countries slang and swear words does the author discuss?

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's new friend?

4. Which of the following does the narrator say is one of England's virtues?

5. For how long is Bozo in prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize chapter 37.

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

4. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

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

6. How does Bozo earn his money?

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

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

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

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

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