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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Solid Man say he is here to be for the Big Man?
(a) His nurse.
(b) His servant.
(c) His boss.
(d) His brother.

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

3. What does the Big Man do to the Short Man in the line?
(a) Hugs him dearly.
(b) Shakes his hand.
(c) Throws him in the gutter.
(d) Throws him onto the bus.

4. What is the man wearing whom the narrator sits next to after the tussle on the bus?
(a) A fake moustache.
(b) A sombrero.
(c) A bowler hat.
(d) A fedora.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Napoleon doing when the two men went to see him?

3. What does the Big Man ask the Solid Man in Chapter 4?

4. What will go on spreading indefinitely?

5. Where is the bus riding after some time?

(see the answer key)

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