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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 does Blue say God gives his friends?
(a) Beads.
(b) Love.
(c) Redemption.
(d) A cross.

2. What kind of school does Blue suggest the narrator start?
(a) A school for the blind.
(b) A school for ministry.
(c) A school for the gifted.
(d) A school of religious art.

3. Fill in the following quote about books from Blue in Chapter VI: "Books are for people who cannot _________________."
(a) Drive cars.
(b) Make up their minds.
(c) Escape the monotony of everyday life.
(d) Think for themselves.

4. According to Blue, what ruins the intellect of man?
(a) The printed word.
(b) Formal schooling.
(c) Money.
(d) Industrialization.

5. What is the name of the member of the lumberyard gang who Blue took an interest in?
(a) Bill.
(b) Joe.
(c) Ed.
(d) Jim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gift Blue gave the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?

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

3. How many total letters does the narrator acquire that were written by Blue?

4. What does Blue think is the narrator's best virtue is?

5. What does Blue leave for Mrs. Murphy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?

2. What is the first letter about and what does it say about Blue?

3. What does Blue give the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?

4. What job does Blue take in Chapter VII?

5. What does the narrator learn from Blue in their walk around the lake about American Catholicism?

6. Describe Blue's tone at dinner in Chapter VI.

7. Who are the "Spies of God?"

8. What is the vocation Blue found?

9. Would you consider Blue to be a deep thinker?

10. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

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