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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 generous.
(d) They are quarrelsome.

3. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?
(a) Buy it.
(b) Rent your soul.
(c) Pay for builders.
(d) Think it.

4. What time of day is it when the story begins?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Evening.
(d) Morning.

5. What does the narrator find to walk upon after the waves become too burdensome?
(a) Grass.
(b) Flat rocks.
(c) Glass.
(d) Hay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator sit on the bus?

2. What does the narrator note about the other passengers when they exit the bus?

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

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

5. What looms in the distance as the narrator examines his surroundings off the bus?

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