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

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

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

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

5. After exiting the bus, what does the narrator realize the other passengers are?
(a) Angels.
(b) Evil.
(c) Zombies.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Episcopal Ghost say that happiness lies in the path of?

2. 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?"

3. Who says, "You'll be justifying the Inquisition in a moment?"

4. What is the man wearing whom the narrator sits next to after the tussle on the bus?

5. Where is the bus riding after some time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting in which the narrator finds himself in at the beginning of the book.

2. How does the narrator move two spaces in line after he joins in waiting?

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

4. What has the Conscientious Objector encountered since his death? Why is he on the bus?

5. What does the voice call out to Ikey with the golden apples? Where is the voice from? What does Ikey do?

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

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

8. What does the narrator try to pick up after getting off the bus?

9. What is the narrator's experience walking on the grass? What does he envy?

10. Why does the Young Man tell the narrator he is going on the bus?

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