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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 15-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator stated that the Intermediate section of the train had no what?
(a) Restrooms.
(b) Music.
(c) Cushions.
(d) Food.

2. What objects of Carnehan's were filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?
(a) His sideburns.
(b) His shoulders.
(c) His scruples.
(d) His biceps.

3. Where did the narrator go after he disembarked from the train?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A saloon.
(c) A tea house.
(d) A newspaper office.

4. The narrator states that Carnehan no more knew where his next meal was coming from, than what type of animal did?
(a) A crow.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A snake.
(d) An alligator.

5. Carnehan remarked that the contract forbade he and Dravot from getting involved with how many of the "things that make life worth having" (19)?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people were described as using the "Grand Trunk Road" (11)?

2. The narrator states on the first page of the story that he feared that his "King" (3) had met what fate?

3. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?

4. What word did the narrator use to describe the men who stood in his way?

5. Carnehan said that he and Dravot were frightened of nothing but what?

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