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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man murder?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Jack.
(c) Evan.
(d) Will.

2. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?
(a) They are all deaf.
(b) They are snobbish.
(c) They live millions of miles away.
(d) They are all blind.

3. What has become almost unbearable for the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The warmth.
(b) The height.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The light.

4. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) First person singular.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person plural.
(d) Second person.

5. What does the face of the Bright Man who approaches the Big Ghost make the narrator want to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Run.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Big Man do to the Short Man in the line?

2. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?

3. What does the narrator say is heavier than a sack of coal?

4. What does the narrator ask his new companion about the gray town?

5. What looms ever closer in the beginning of Chapter 3 as the bus rises?

(see the answer key)

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