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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the narrator's feelings towards Blue as he walked away?
(a) He is disappointed with Blue.
(b) He feels sorry for Blue.
(c) He is proud of Blue.
(d) He is angry at Blue.

2. What quality do great men of the world possess, according to Blue?
(a) They were hard workers.
(b) They came from money.
(c) They work their way up the corporate ladder.
(d) They were talkers.

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

4. How does Blue pay rent in Chapter V?
(a) Money from his mother.
(b) His inheritance.
(c) Working at the railyard.
(d) It is unknown.

5. According to the narrator, Blue is a living demonstration of ____________.
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Christ.
(d) Honesty.

6. Complete the following quote from one of Blue's letters in Chapter V: "Conservative historians describe any man with a passion for greatness as a ____________."
(a) Ego-maniacal.
(b) Humble.
(c) Altruistic.
(d) Megalomaniac.

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

8. What color hair does Blue have?
(a) Gray hair.
(b) White hair.
(c) Black hair.
(d) Brown hair.

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

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

11. Fill in the following quote from the narrator in Chapter V: "I think I could love a lion, but I doubt very much if I ever could love a ___________."
(a) Wasp.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Grasshopper.

12. How does the narrator prove that Blue is a real person?
(a) Birth certificate.
(b) Passport.
(c) Letters from Blue.
(d) Social security card.

13. What is one of the narrator's weaknesses mentioned in Chapter VI?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Fine dining.
(c) Pretty girls.
(d) Alcohol.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What service does Blue pledge himself to in Chapter VII?

2. What kind of work does Mrs. Murphy do?

3. According to Blue, what are the best gifts from heaven?

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

5. Fill in the following quotation by Blue in Chapter VI: "Once heroes built fortresses against the Mongol and the Saracen; now they must build fortresses against _____________."

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