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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 many total letters does the narrator acquire that were written by Blue?
(a) 8 letters.
(b) 2 letters..
(c) 11 letters.
(d) 5 letters.

2. What vocation does Blue find?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Electrical engineering.
(d) Banker.

3. In Chapter IV, what happens to Blue?
(a) He was arrested for public indecency.
(b) He was asked to leave the rooftop skyscraper.
(c) He met the narrator for drinks.
(d) He jumped from the rooftop skyscraper.

4. Fill in the following quote from the narrator in Chapter V: "I think I could love a lion, but I doubt very much if I ever could love a ___________."
(a) Wasp.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Grasshopper.

5. Fill in the following description of Copley Square: "One needs _____________ to fill the emptiness of Copley Square at night."
(a) Prayer and meditation.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Bands and fireworks.
(d) People and voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the following quote from the end of the novel: "Why are all of us here and not ________."

2. Where does Mr. Considine first meet Blue?

3. Who is Blue's longest letter in Chapter V written to?

4. What is Blue's last letter to the narrator about?

5. The last time someone saw Stevens, what is he doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Blue feel about those who read?

3. Which letter concerns forgiveness? How so?

4. Who are the "Spies of God?"

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

6. How does Blue feel about scientific agnosticism?

7. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

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

9. Describe what the narrator saw when he first went to see Blue in the hospital.

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

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