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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe the streets in the gray town?
(a) Rustic.
(b) Angular.
(c) Warm.
(d) Mean.

2. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?
(a) They are disgraceful.
(b) They are too rich for his taste.
(c) They are beautiful.
(d) They aren't the society he's used to.

3. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

4. What does the Big Man ask the Solid Man in Chapter 4?
(a) If he's miserable.
(b) If he's in danger.
(c) If he's ashamed.
(d) If he's excited.

5. What does the narrator say is heavier than a sack of coal?
(a) A leaf.
(b) His clothes.
(c) His feet.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become almost unbearable for the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What does the Solid Man say he is here to be for the Big Man?

3. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?

4. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?

5. What does the narrator come to envy as he begins exploring?

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