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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 ever closer in the beginning of Chapter 3 as the bus rises?
(a) A cliff.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A lake.
(d) A bird.

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 all blind.
(c) They live millions of miles away.
(d) They are snobbish.

3. What time of day is it when the story begins?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Evening.
(d) Morning.

4. Where is the bus riding after some time?
(a) Into the sky.
(b) Into the earth.
(c) Onto a long bridge.
(d) Into the mountainside.

5. How full is the bus when the narrator gets on?
(a) Almost full.
(b) Empty.
(c) Packed.
(d) Half full.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?

2. What country's alignment in the war troubled the Tousle-Headed Poet?

3. What does one ghost remark the money for the bus would be better spent on?

4. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?

5. What does the man on the bus hope to gain by bringing something back on this trip?

(see the answer key)

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