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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is one of Blue's great passions?
(a) Colored toy balloons.
(b) Assisting the elderly.
(c) Feeding the hungry.
(d) Educating the disenfranchised.

2. What kind of mood is Blue rarely in?
(a) Loquacious.
(b) Jovial.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Sociable.

3. How does Blue's idea for a motion picture begin?
(a) Civilization had been killed by an asteroid.
(b) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were sitting around a table.
(c) The last known Christian put to death.
(d) Christ walking on earth.

4. How much money does Blue really have?
(a) Five million.
(b) One million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Three million.

5. What happens to Blue at the end of the novel.
(a) He goes to live with the narrator.
(b) He gets up and walks out of the hospital, never to be heard from again.
(c) He dies in the hospital.
(d) He gives up on his vocation and goes to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Blue courage at the beginning of Chapter VI?

2. What is the narrator's goal in life?

3. What is the purpose of Blue's chosen vocation?

4. In Chapter II, Blue mentions the following countries when speaking from his skyscraper except:

5. Fill in the following quote from the end of the novel: "Why are all of us here and not ________."

(see the answer key)

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