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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 passenger next to the narrator take from his pocket?
(a) A gun.
(b) An apple.
(c) A manuscript.
(d) A letter.

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

3. How many schools did the Tousle-Headed Poet attend?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he gets off the bus, what does the narrator try to pick?

2. How full is the bus when the narrator gets on?

3. What does the ghost by the tree tell the narrator all of his travels were summed up to be?

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

5. Where did the Tousle-Headed Poet want to go, but couldn't because of financial troubles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator want to do at the river? How does this work out?

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

4. Why does the narrator stop walking on the river? What does he see up the slope?

5. Describe the bus and the bus driver.

6. What does the ghost of the Fat Man say when the Bright Person asks him to go to the mountains with him?

7. How does the Big Man reply when the solid person offers him help up the mountain? What does the solid person try to convince him of?

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

9. What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost plan on doing? Why?

10. How does the Big Man feel about his indiscretions being disclosed? What does he do?

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