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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What looms in the distance as the narrator examines his surroundings off the bus?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A forest.
(d) A hummingbird.

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

3. How long does it take Ikey to reach the great tree as the narrator watches?
(a) A moment.
(b) A week.
(c) A day.
(d) An hour.

4. How do the passengers get onto the bus?
(a) Scrambling like eggs.
(b) Raging like bulls.
(c) Pushing like donkeys.
(d) Fighting like hens.

5. What sound does the narrator hear from the stillness of the open door before he exits the bus?
(a) An owl.
(b) A lark.
(c) A falcon.
(d) A bee.

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

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

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

9. Who says, "You'll be justifying the Inquisition in a moment?"
(a) MacDonald.
(b) The Episcopal Ghost.
(c) Dick.
(d) The Fat Man.

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

11. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?
(a) Slaps the narrator.
(b) Pushes the Big Man down.
(c) Limps away.
(d) Laughs.

12. What has the narrator begun to walk upon in Chapter 3?
(a) The grass.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The river.
(d) The air.

13. What proves difficult for the narrator when wandering the new land?
(a) Sailing the river.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Walking on grass.
(d) Flying.

14. Why does the Ghost in the forest tell the Bright Man his father didn't come on the trip?
(a) He's getting eccentric.
(b) He's dead.
(c) He's blind.
(d) He's deaf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the man on the bus say is the nearest of the "old ones"?

2. Where is the bus riding after some time?

3. Who, according to the Hard-Bitten Ghost, was Mother always in the same firm with?

4. What does the man on the bus hope to gain by bringing something back on this trip?

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

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