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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the man on the bus hope to gain by bringing something back on this trip?
(a) Faith.
(b) A love.
(c) A following.
(d) A business.

3. What does one ghost remark the money for the bus would be better spent on?
(a) The homeless.
(b) House property.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Food.

4. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Pushes the Big Man down.
(c) Limps away.
(d) Slaps the narrator.

5. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?
(a) In the back.
(b) In the front.
(c) To the side.
(d) In the middle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many schools did the Tousle-Headed Poet attend?

2. How had the Tousle-Headed Poet killed himself?

3. Whom does the man on the bus say is the nearest of the "old ones"?

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

5. Where did the Tousle-Headed Poet want to go, but couldn't because of financial troubles?

(see the answer key)

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