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

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

3. What is the narrator's reply to Blue's comment, "My old friend, Mr. Compromiser."
(a) "Your old friend, Reason."
(b) "Your old friend, Truth."
(c) "Your old friend, Faith."
(d) "Your old friend, Honesty."

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

5. What stationary is Blue's second letter written on?
(a) Parchment paper.
(b) Motel Aspire.
(c) Hotel Ganymede.
(d) Rockefeller Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine?

2. After the narrator leaves Blue in Chapter VII, what job does Blue begin?

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

4. Fill in the following quotation by Blue in Chapter VI: "Once heroes built fortresses against the Mongol and the Saracen; now they must build fortresses against _____________."

5. What does Blue think the narrator thinks of him being in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

2. How many letters does the narrator have from Blue? Who are they from?

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

4. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?

5. What religion is Blue?

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

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

8. What job does Blue take in Chapter VII?

9. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?

10. Do you think Blue is a real person?

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