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

2. How does the narrator know where to find Blue's hospital cot?
(a) A crowd of people around him.
(b) Blue's note said the room number.
(c) The narrator knew the hospital well.
(d) He asked at the front desk.

3. According to Blue, all of the following are given by heaven except:
(a) Courage.
(b) Gaiety.
(c) Money.
(d) Health.

4. The sight of Blue in the hospital makes the narrator feel all of the following except:
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Courage.
(c) Faith.
(d) Corrupt.

5. In one of Blue's letters, Blue writes, "Life gives you ______________."
(a) Lemons and it is up to you to make lemonade.
(b) The ability to read, not to think.
(c) Pretty much what you give it.
(d) A taste of the imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous author does Blue write about in a letter to Dr. Frederick W. O'Brien?

2. What does Blue say God gives his friends?

3. As Blue and the narrator circle the lakes in Chapter VI, where do they stop?

4. What kind of work does Mrs. Murphy do?

5. What does Blue eat at the restaurant with the narrator in Chapter VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Blue end up in the hospital?

2. What is the narrator's response to Blue's death?

3. How is Blue treated by his coworkers at the lumberyard?

4. What do the sixth and seventh letters have in common?

5. How does Blue feel about those who read?

6. Do you think Blue is a real person?

7. What values of Blue's do the eighth, ninth and tenth letters defend?

8. What is the narrators reaction to Blue's plan in Chapter VII to live among the poor?

9. In what letter does Blue describe his view of the end of the world?

10. What is the vocation Blue found?

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