View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How full is the bus when the narrator gets on?
(a) Empty.
(b) Packed.
(c) Almost full.
(d) Half full.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is remarkable about the people who approach from the mountain?

2. What does the woman in the line say to the man she's with?

3. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?

4. What time of day is it when the story begins?

5. What does the Big Man ask the Solid Man in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 219 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample