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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Ghost tell Dick that his opinions in life were, in addition to being honest?
(a) Evil.
(b) Heroic.
(c) Fair.
(d) Just.

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

5. What country's alignment in the war troubled the Tousle-Headed Poet?
(a) Switzerland's.
(b) Russia's.
(c) Ireland's.
(d) England's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom did the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man murder?

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?"

4. Why does Dick tell the Ghost he was sent to Hell?

5. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has the Hard-Bitten Ghost been? What does he say of these places?

2. What did the two chaps find when they set out to look for Napoleon?

3. Why does the Conscientious Objector say he threw himself in front of a train?

4. What happens to the Short Man in the line next to the narrator?

5. What is the ghost in the bushes doing? Who is this ghost?

6. Where does the narrator sit on the bus? Who joins him? What does this character impart?

7. Describe the bus and the bus driver.

8. How long does the narrator travel on the river? How far does he go?

9. What is remarkable about the other passengers once they are off the bus?

10. What does the place appear as when the narrator gets off the bus?

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