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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 Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Love.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Money.

2. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?
(a) They are all blind.
(b) They are snobbish.
(c) They live millions of miles away.
(d) They are all deaf.

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

4. What looms in the distance as the narrator examines his surroundings off the bus?
(a) A forest.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A hummingbird.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word does the narrator use to describe the streets in the gray town?

4. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?

5. Whom does the man on the bus say is the nearest of the "old ones"?

(see the answer key)

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