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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 man on the bus hope to gain by bringing something back on this trip?
(a) A following.
(b) A business.
(c) A love.
(d) Faith.

2. What grows around the tree preventing Ikey from touching the tree?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Vines.
(c) Rosebushes.
(d) Hawthorn bushes.

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

4. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Fascism.

5. What does the man with the bulbous nose tell the narrator is the trouble with the people of the gray town?
(a) They are greedy.
(b) They are ignorant.
(c) They are quarrelsome.
(d) They are generous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man on the bus say is lacking in the gray town?

3. The Ghost tells the Bright Man called Dick that his views were wrong about this in life:

4. What does the woman in the line say to the man she's with?

5. What lands on Ikey's head once the wind blows?

(see the answer key)

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