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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How much does a man in line offer the woman to trade places?
(a) Sixpence.
(b) Two bob.
(c) Three bob.
(d) Five bob.

5. What does the Big Ghost call the Solid Man who approaches him?
(a) Robert.
(b) George.
(c) William.
(d) Len.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Big Man call it when he learns that the Solid Man was sent for him?

2. What was Napoleon doing when the two men went to see him?

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

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

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

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