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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the bus riding after some time?
(a) Into the earth.
(b) Into the mountainside.
(c) Onto a long bridge.
(d) Into the sky.

2. What does the narrator come upon after walking for several hours in Chapter 6?
(a) A car.
(b) A jungle.
(c) A ring.
(d) A waterfall.

3. Who says, "I gone straight all my life. I don't say I was a religious man and I don't say I had no faults, far from it. But I done all my best all my life, see?"
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Well-Dressed Woman.
(c) The Big Man.
(d) MacDonald.

4. What does the narrator ask his new companion about the gray town?
(a) If it were once beautiful.
(b) If there were many women there.
(c) If the population was once larger.
(d) How old it was.

5. What does the Big Man repeatedly insist on getting?
(a) His money.
(b) His rights.
(c) Justice.
(d) Thanks.

6. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

7. What does the ghost by the tree refer to the idea of staying?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Possible.
(d) Truth.

8. What does Dick ask the Episcopal Ghost to do?
(a) Go back to Hell.
(b) Repent and believe.
(c) Write about his journey.
(d) Go back to Earth.

9. What was Napoleon doing when the two men went to see him?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Pacing.

10. What does the ghost leaning against the tree chew on?
(a) A ghostly cheroot.
(b) A strawberry.
(c) A twig.
(d) An apple.

11. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Recognition.

12. What does the passenger next to the narrator take from his pocket?
(a) An apple.
(b) A manuscript.
(c) A letter.
(d) A gun.

13. What did they tell the Hard-Bitten Ghost when he was in the nursery?
(a) If he could count to three, he'd be happy.
(b) If he was good, he'd get candy.
(c) If he was good, he'd be happy.
(d) If life were easy, it wouldn't be worth it.

14. What is the man wearing whom the narrator sits next to after the tussle on the bus?
(a) A sombrero.
(b) A bowler hat.
(c) A fedora.
(d) A fake moustache.

15. Where is the one place the narrator encounters people in the gray town?
(a) The airport.
(b) The bus stop.
(c) The train station.
(d) The bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Ikey to reach the great tree as the narrator watches?

2. What does the Solid Man tell the Big Man there is none of here?

3. What does the Big Ghost call the Solid Man who approaches him?

4. What has the narrator begun to walk upon in Chapter 3?

5. Why does the Ghost in the forest tell the Bright Man his father didn't come on the trip?

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