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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?
(a) They are beautiful.
(b) They aren't the society he's used to.
(c) They are too rich for his taste.
(d) They are disgraceful.

2. What country's alignment in the war troubled the Tousle-Headed Poet?
(a) England's.
(b) Russia's.
(c) Ireland's.
(d) Switzerland's.

3. What does the Big Man ask the Solid Man in Chapter 4?
(a) If he's excited.
(b) If he's in danger.
(c) If he's miserable.
(d) If he's ashamed.

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

5. Where did the Tousle-Headed Poet want to go, but couldn't because of financial troubles?
(a) America.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what point of view is the story told?

3. What does Dick tell the Episcopal Ghost they reached a point that they no longer believed in?

4. What does the Big Man repeatedly insist on getting?

5. What does the Ghost tell Dick that his opinions in life were, in addition to being honest?

(see the answer key)

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