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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the bus riding after some time?

2. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?

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

4. What does the man with the bulbous nose tell the narrator is the trouble with the people of the gray town?

5. Who comes to sit next to the narrator on the bus?

(see the answer key)

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