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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the man on the bus say is lacking in the gray town?
(a) Hate.
(b) Needs.
(c) Worry.
(d) Love.

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

5. Where is the bus riding after some time?
(a) Into the sky.
(b) Into the mountainside.
(c) Onto a long bridge.
(d) Into the earth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the man wearing whom the narrator sits next to after the tussle on the bus?

(see the answer key)

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