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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fill in the following quote from Chapter I: " I have more ____________ than anyone alive."
(a) Checking accounts.
(b) Friends.
(c) Children.
(d) Automobiles.

2. How does Blue make others feel?
(a) That the world is coming to an end.
(b) That they should rise up against organized religion.
(c) That the government is corrupt.
(d) That anything is possible.

3. What religion does Blue belong to?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) None.

4. Which of the following best describes Blue's physical description:
(a) Short.
(b) Tall.
(c) Fat.
(d) Muscular.

5. Who does the narrator compare Blue to?
(a) Shel Silverstein.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Hans Christian Andersen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the following quote by Blue from Chapter III: "I have no interest in time or key. ________ are what I like."

2. What is the name of the cigar shop that Stevens and the narrator were talking in?

3. Which of the following is one of Blue's great passions?

4. In Blue's motion picture idea, what does IGW stand for?

5. What would Blue believe about living in a poorhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Blue's theology in the story he told in Chapter III?

2. Why does the author mention that John Stuart is a Catholic?

3. What does Blue make the narrator think at the end of Chapter II?

4. Describe what White does.

5. What is Blue doing in Chapter III on top of the skyscraper?

6. Why is it important for Blue that God was made man?

7. What are the narrator's feelings towards Blue at the end of Chapter II?

8. How do the leaders of the IGW run the world?

9. Compare Blue to St. Francis of Assisi.

10. What happens when White completes Mass?

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