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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What speaks in the booming voice to Ikey?
(a) The trees.
(b) The grass.
(c) The forest.
(d) The waterfall.

4. After he gets off the bus, what does the narrator try to pick?
(a) An orange.
(b) A daisy.
(c) An apple.
(d) A fig.

5. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?
(a) They are snobbish.
(b) They are all blind.
(c) They live millions of miles away.
(d) They are all deaf.

6. From what point of view is the story told?
(a) First person singular.
(b) Third person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person plural.

7. What does the narrator compare the noise of the waves to?
(a) A snake's hiss.
(b) A bird's squawk.
(c) A giant's laugh.
(d) A lion's roar.

8. Who asks the bus driver when they have to be back?
(a) The Woman.
(b) The Big Man.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The Small Man.

9. 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 Hard-Bitten Ghost.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The Water Giant.
(d) MacDonald.

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

11. 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.

12. How far is the bus stop from the Civic Center?
(a) Thousands of miles.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) One mile.
(d) Sixteen blocks.

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

14. Who does the Hard-Bitten Ghost say that both sides in all the wars were run by?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The same dictator.
(c) The Church.
(d) The same Armament Firms.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What looms ever closer in the beginning of Chapter 3 as the bus rises?

3. What man does the passenger mention to the narrator on the bus?

4. What does one ghost remark the money for the bus would be better spent on?

5. What does the narrator come to envy as he begins exploring?

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