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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has become almost unbearable for the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The height.
(b) The warmth.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The light.

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

3. Who says, "I don't see what all the talk is about. It's as good as any other park to look at, and darned uncomfortable?"
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Water Giant.
(c) MacDonald.
(d) The Hard-Bitten Ghost.

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

5. What does the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man say can't be done here?
(a) Nothing can be loved.
(b) Nothing can be bought.
(c) Nothing can be saved.
(d) Nothing can be free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man with the bulbous nose tell the narrator is the trouble with the people of the gray town?

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

3. What animals does the narrator encounter in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. Who wrote, "Tis better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven?"

5. Who asks the bus driver when they have to be back?

(see the answer key)

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