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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The last time someone saw Stevens, what is he doing?
(a) Leaving Blue's skyscraper.
(b) At the movies.
(c) Trying to blow up the bank.
(d) Drinking at the bar.

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

3. According to Blue, what ruins the intellect of man?
(a) Money.
(b) Formal schooling.
(c) Industrialization.
(d) The printed word.

4. Why is the narrator concerned about Blue's safety in Chapter VII?
(a) Blue's ideals can get him arrested.
(b) Blue might be put away as a lunatic.
(c) Winter is coming and he has no place to live.
(d) Dangerous people live on the streets in the city.

5. Who is Blue's longest letter in Chapter V written to?
(a) Mr. Casril Wein.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mr. Albert Considine
(d) His mother.

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

7. Where is the setting of Chapter VI?
(a) Wainscott.
(b) Scranton.
(c) Newton.
(d) Westford.

8. What is the gift Blue gave the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?
(a) A small wooden cross.
(b) A religious card.
(c) A prayer book.
(d) A cup for communion.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. Which of the following ways does Blue support himself?
(a) Performing concerts.
(b) Working at a bank.
(c) Shoveling snow.
(d) Collecting pennies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the inclusion of Blue's thoughts in Chapter VI prove of Blue?

2. What quality do great men of the world possess, according to Blue?

3. What kind of mood is Blue rarely in?

4. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?

5. What happens to Blue at the end of the novel.

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