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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man with the bulbous nose tell the narrator is the trouble with the people of the gray town?
(a) They are generous.
(b) They are greedy.
(c) They are quarrelsome.
(d) They are ignorant.

2. What does the narrator ask his new companion about the gray town?
(a) How old it was.
(b) If there were many women there.
(c) If the population was once larger.
(d) If it were once beautiful.

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

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

5. How far is the bus stop from the Civic Center?
(a) Thousands of miles.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) One mile.
(d) Sixteen blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the bus riding after some time?

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

3. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?

4. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?

5. What does the passenger next to the narrator take from his pocket?

(see the answer key)

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