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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes Blue's physical appearance in the hospital?
(a) Chubby.
(b) Slender.
(c) Pale.
(d) Plump.

2. According to Blue, what are the best gifts from heaven?
(a) The ones you earn.
(b) A roof over your head.
(c) Riches and gold.
(d) Your family and loved ones.

3. What is Blue's third letter written on?
(a) An email.
(b) Lined paper.
(c) A napkin.
(d) A scrap of wrapping paper.

4. What vocation does Blue find?
(a) Banker.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Electrical engineering.

5. What does the narrator do with the gift from Blue at the end of Chapter VI?
(a) Puts it in his pocket.
(b) Throws it in the river.
(c) Gives it back to Blue.
(d) Leaves it on the sidewalk.

6. In Blue's second letter, all of the following are words Blue describes as words men put on shields except:
(a) Safety.
(b) Faith.
(c) Audacity.
(d) Love.

7. What is one objection the narrator had to Blue's vocational plan?
(a) Blue cannot sustain himself financially.
(b) Blue is too old.
(c) Blue is not in good health.
(d) It is a waste of Blue's talents.

8. What time do visiting hours end at the hospital?
(a) 7:00 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 8:00 p.m.

9. Who does the narrator equate Blue's loneliness to?
(a) The great artists.
(b) The great prophets.
(c) The great writers.
(d) The great musicians.

10. What is the weather like in Chapter VII?
(a) Warm.
(b) Sunny, but cold.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Raining.

11. In the hospital, what does the physician fear for Blue?
(a) Ruptured spleen.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Broken back.
(d) Hernia.

12. After the narrator leaves the hospital, who comes to visit Blue?
(a) Joe and Mike.
(b) Jake and Richard.
(c) Sam and Jim.
(d) Ed and Phil.

13. What is the following quote written on: "The cross is the fit God gives his friends."
(a) Blue's journal.
(b) The gift from Blue.
(c) The side of Trinity.
(d) Graffiti on the subway.

14. What is the narrator's goal in life?
(a) To make a great deal of money.
(b) To right the world's wrongs.
(c) To heal the sick.
(d) To bring the gospel to the poor.

15. What kind of work does Mrs. Murphy do?
(a) Runs a bar.
(b) Runs a lodging house.
(c) Runs a bank.
(d) Runs a school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue eat at the restaurant with the narrator in Chapter VI?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter VI, what is Blue?

3. What quality could Blue not view with Christian forbearance?

4. Who pays for Blue and the narrator's dinner in Chapter VI?

5. Fill in the following quote by Blue in Chapter VI: "It is because I have been so happy that I am so ______________."

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