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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Ghost tells the Bright Man called Dick that his views were wrong about this in life:
(a) His belief in Communism.
(b) Literal Heaven and Hell.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. What is different about the people approaching from the mountain than the passengers on the bus?
(a) They are solid.
(b) They are ghosts.
(c) They are living.
(d) They are dead.

3. What does the woman in the line say to the man she's with?
(a) "It's all your fault we're going anyway."
(b) "Hurry up. We're late."
(c) "Very well then. I won't go at all."
(d) "I told you I didn't want to come here."

4. How far does the narrator make it walking for an hour in Chapter 6?
(a) 200 yards.
(b) Three feet.
(c) One kilometer.
(d) 100 yards.

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

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

7. What does the Episcopal Ghost say that happiness lies in the path of?
(a) God.
(b) Justice.
(c) Duty.
(d) Redemption.

8. Where did the ghost by the tree go when he was out East?
(a) Israel.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Peking.
(d) Baghdad.

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

10. Who comes to sit next to the narrator on the bus?
(a) An old man.
(b) A tousle-haired youth.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A young woman.

11. What does the narrator see in the hawthorn bush?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) A lion.
(d) A dog.

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

13. How much does a man in line offer the woman to trade places?
(a) Sixpence.
(b) Two bob.
(c) Five bob.
(d) Three bob.

14. What does Ikey end up putting in his pocket after much difficulty?
(a) A cherry.
(b) A bottle.
(c) The smallest apple.
(d) The largest apple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Big Man call it when he learns that the Solid Man was sent for him?

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

3. Whose job is it, according to the Hard-Bitten Ghost, to find something that doesn't "bore us"?

4. What presence does the narrator feel he can't bear in Chapter 7?

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

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