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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the following description of Copley Square: "One needs _____________ to fill the emptiness of Copley Square at night."

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

3. Fill in the following quote from one of Blue's letters: "People remember sorrow much longer than they remember ___________."

4. At the end of Chapter VI, what subway entrance do Blue and the narrator stop outside of?

5. Why is Blue in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Blue feel about scientific agnosticism?

2. How does Blue feel about those who read?

3. Who are the "Spies of God?"

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

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

6. Why does Blue have to leave the top of the Tootsall Building?

7. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?

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

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

10. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Blue's religious views at it relates to the following quote from Chapter II: "Without Christ we would be little more than bacteria breeding on a pebble in space."

Essay Topic 2

Writers often write about their own life experiences. What do we know about the life of Miles Connolly? What experiences in Miles Connolly's life led him to write "Mr. Blue"?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Blue can easily be described as eccentric. Using examples from the text, describe Mr. Blue's eccentricities.

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