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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 the weather like in Chapter VII?
(a) Raining.
(b) Sunny, but cold.
(c) Warm.
(d) Snowing.

2. How long does it take the narrator to get to the hospital to see Blue?
(a) Two days.
(b) Five hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) One day.

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

4. At the school Blue suggests the narrator should start, what should the banner say?
(a) Speak Now.
(b) Thou Are Here.
(c) E Pluribus Unum.
(d) We Ourselves.

5. What religion is Blue?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Methodist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator do with the gift from Blue at the end of Chapter VI?

4. What does the inclusion of Blue's thoughts in Chapter VI prove of Blue?

5. What kind of mood is Blue rarely in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the "Spies of God?"

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

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

4. What is the narrator's vocation?

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

6. According to Blue, what is wrong with the written word?

7. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

8. What is the difference between a vow of poverty in a religious order and the vow of poverty that Blue took?

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

10. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?

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