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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Tousle-Headed Poet want to go, but couldn't because of financial troubles?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) America.
(d) Sweden.

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

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

4. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?
(a) Rent your soul.
(b) Think it.
(c) Buy it.
(d) Pay for builders.

5. Where is the one place the narrator encounters people in the gray town?
(a) The bus stop.
(b) The train station.
(c) The airport.
(d) The bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is the story told?

2. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?

3. What does the man on the bus say is lacking in the gray town?

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

5. How much does a man in line offer the woman to trade places?

(see the answer key)

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