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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. In Blue's motion picture idea, what name does Blue give to No. 2,757,311.
(a) White.
(b) Blue II.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

2. Fill in the following quote by Blue from Chapter III: "I have no interest in time or key. ________ are what I like."
(a) Colors.
(b) Notes.
(c) Drums.
(d) Tones.

3. Who does Stevens call before leaving Al's in Chapter II?
(a) His son.
(b) His father.
(c) His wife.
(d) His boss.

4. What kind of society does Blue want the narrator to write a booklet for?
(a) A society for the educated elite.
(b) A society for wives and children of Saints.
(c) A special society for husbands and fathers.
(d) A society for the poor and homeless.

5. What does Blue do at the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) Goes for a walk
(b) Puts on a concert.
(c) Flies a kite.
(d) Hosts a gallery showing on the rooftop skyscraper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color does Blue think he should have painted the object in Chapter III?

3. All of the following are in the case of No. 2,757,311 except:

4. Why does the author include Blue's motion picture idea in the novel?

5. In Chapter I, how long has it been since the narrator last heard from Blue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Blue make the narrator feel about his life?

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

3. What is Blue's life challenge?

4. How is the narrator introduced to Blue?

5. Describe the people in Blue's story.

6. Describe what White does.

7. Describe the entertainment Blue had at a party for Stevens.

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

9. What does Blue do with his inheritance?

10. How does White make crackers and what is his purpose in doing so?

(see the answer keys)

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