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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How had the Tousle-Headed Poet killed himself?
(a) He hung himself.
(b) He jumped under a train.
(c) He jumped off a building.
(d) He shot himself.

3. What word does the narrator use to describe the streets in the gray town?
(a) Mean.
(b) Warm.
(c) Angular.
(d) Rustic.

4. How do the passengers get onto the bus?
(a) Pushing like donkeys.
(b) Scrambling like eggs.
(c) Fighting like hens.
(d) Raging like bulls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?

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

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

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

5. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?

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