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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person singular.
(d) First person plural.

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

3. How many schools did the Tousle-Headed Poet attend?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

4. What does the Driver of the bus appear to be filled with?
(a) Anger.
(b) Horror.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Light.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Big Ghost call the Solid Man who approaches him?

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

4. How had the Tousle-Headed Poet killed himself?

5. What has become almost unbearable for the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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