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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What proves difficult for the narrator when wandering the new land?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Sailing the river.
(c) Flying.
(d) Walking on grass.

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

4. 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.

5. What does the narrator say is heavier than a sack of coal?
(a) A leaf.
(b) His clothes.
(c) A bird.
(d) His feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?

2. What sound does the narrator hear from the stillness of the open door before he exits the bus?

3. Where did the Tousle-Headed Poet want to go, but couldn't because of financial troubles?

4. Who asks the bus driver when they have to be back?

5. Whom did the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man murder?

(see the answer key)

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