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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. What is Blue's response to Stevens saying the owner of the skyscraper would kick him off if he knew he was there?
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Surprise.

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

3. Who is the great surprise at Blue's party in Chapter II?
(a) Lieutenant Leo.
(b) Major Martin.
(c) General Grant.
(d) Captain Kirk.

4. In Chapter I, what advice does the narrator want to give Blue?
(a) To go see his confessor.
(b) To call his father.
(c) To get a real job.
(d) To get a second opinion.

5. In Blue's motion picture idea, what does IGW stand for?
(a) The Identifier of Good Works.
(b) The International Government of the World.
(c) The Imaginary Gem Word.
(d) The Inconclusive Graphic Witchhunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Blue's motion picture, how are individuals known?

2. According to Blue, which of the following is not one of the advantages of living on a skyscraper roof?

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

4. How does Blue make others feel?

5. When the narrator first sees Blue in Chapter I, what is Blue riding in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the weakness of the IGW?

2. What is Blue doing when the narrator first sees him in Chapter I?

3. What does Blue mean by saying that Christ was 'humanized infinitude?"

4. Describe the people in Blue's story.

5. What happens when White completes Mass?

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

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

8. What is Blue's life challenge?

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

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

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