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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What religion is Blue?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Episcopal.

3. How long does it take the narrator to get to the hospital to see Blue?
(a) One hour.
(b) Two days.
(c) One day.
(d) Five hours.

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

5. Who does Blue think was generous and loyal?
(a) Christians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Hindus.
(d) Muslims.

6. What do the two visitors bring to Blue in the hospital?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A book.
(d) A pint of gin.

7. At the school Blue suggests the narrator should start, what should the banner say?
(a) E Pluribus Unum.
(b) Speak Now.
(c) We Ourselves.
(d) Thou Are Here.

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

9. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?
(a) Church.
(b) Bridges.
(c) Miniature.
(d) Skyscraper.

10. What does the inclusion of Blue's thoughts in Chapter VI prove of Blue?
(a) That he was uneducated.
(b) That he was immature.
(c) That he was out of touch with reality.
(d) That he was a thinker.

11. Fill in the following quote by Blue in Chapter VII: "But this life is so beautiful that I am _____________ of it sometimes."
(a) Afraid.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Wreckless.

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

13. Blue equates the fights of his day with fighting the plague with what?
(a) Prayer.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A sword.
(d) Antibiotics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Blue, what does Christmas represent?

2. What vocation does Blue find?

3. Which of the following words best describes Blue's physical appearance in the hospital?

4. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is Saint Patrick's Cathedral?

5. What kind of school does Blue suggest the narrator start?

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