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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What looms in the distance as the narrator examines his surroundings off the bus?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A forest.
(d) A mountain.

2. How do the passengers get onto the bus?
(a) Raging like bulls.
(b) Pushing like donkeys.
(c) Scrambling like eggs.
(d) Fighting like hens.

3. How much does a man in line offer the woman to trade places?
(a) Sixpence.
(b) Three bob.
(c) Two bob.
(d) Five bob.

4. What does the Big Man call it when he learns that the Solid Man was sent for him?
(a) A joy.
(b) A trick.
(c) A reward.
(d) A triumph.

5. Where is the one place the narrator encounters people in the gray town?
(a) The airport.
(b) The bus stop.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) The train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How full is the bus when the narrator gets on?

2. Whom did the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man murder?

3. From what point of view is the story told?

4. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?

5. After exiting the bus, what does the narrator realize the other passengers are?

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