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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator view Blue's friendships?
(a) Blue was too self centered to be a friend to others.
(b) Blue was not a good friend.
(c) Blue was a friend out of charity.
(d) Blue had many intimate friends.

2. What kind of school does Blue suggest the narrator start?
(a) A school of religious art.
(b) A school for ministry.
(c) A school for the gifted.
(d) A school for the blind.

3. Which of Blue's letters is a reply to the narrator's objection to Blue's upbraiding the world?
(a) Third letter.
(b) Fifth letter.
(c) Fourth letter.
(d) Second letter.

4. According to the narrator, what is the backbone of civilization?
(a) Religion.
(b) Business.
(c) Education.
(d) Agriculture.

5. Where does Mr. Considine first meet Blue?
(a) A soccer game.
(b) A boxing match.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) A hockey match.

6. What does Blue leave for Mrs. Murphy?
(a) A key to his rooftop skyscraper.
(b) $100 dollars.
(c) A typed letter addressed to "My Good Dear Mother."
(d) A treasure map.

7. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is Saint Patrick's Cathedral?
(a) Ancient.
(b) An anachronism.
(c) Modern.
(d) Gothic.

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

9. What does Blue eat at the restaurant with the narrator in Chapter VI?
(a) Pasta salad.
(b) Crab cakes.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Clam chowder.

10. What is the narrator's reply to Blue's comment, "My old friend, Mr. Compromiser."
(a) "Your old friend, Faith."
(b) "Your old friend, Reason."
(c) "Your old friend, Honesty."
(d) "Your old friend, Truth."

11. Fill in the following quote by Blue in Chapter VI: "It is because I have been so happy that I am so ______________."
(a) Rich.
(b) Serious.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Bored.

12. What is the name of the member of the lumberyard gang who Blue took an interest in?
(a) Jim.
(b) Ed.
(c) Bill.
(d) Joe.

13. Fill in the following quote from the end of the novel: "Why are all of us here and not ________."
(a) Christ.
(b) The Lord.
(c) God.
(d) Blue.

14. According to Blue, what is an interpretation of the faith in medieval Europe?
(a) Modern.
(b) Corinthian.
(c) Doric.
(d) Gothic.

15. According to Blue, all of the following are given by heaven except:
(a) Money.
(b) Health.
(c) Courage.
(d) Gaiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Blue, what ruins the intellect of man?

2. In Chapter IV, what happens to Blue?

3. Who does Blue think was generous and loyal?

4. Blue equates the fights of his day with fighting the plague with what?

5. What is Blue's third letter written on?

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