View a FREE sample

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 quarrelsome.
(c) They are greedy.
(d) They are ignorant.

2. What does the passenger next to the narrator take from his pocket?
(a) A letter.
(b) A gun.
(c) An apple.
(d) A manuscript.

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

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

5. What does the woman in the line say to the man she's with?
(a) "It's all your fault we're going anyway."
(b) "I told you I didn't want to come here."
(c) "Very well then. I won't go at all."
(d) "Hurry up. We're late."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the one place the narrator encounters people in the gray town?

3. How full is the bus when the narrator gets on?

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

5. What man does the passenger mention to the narrator on the bus?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 240 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample