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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the narrator move from the office to the press-room?
(a) It was bigger.
(b) It was darker.
(c) It was brighter.
(d) It was cooler.

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

3. Once the narrator was joined by another train passenger, the passenger was described using what adjective?
(a) Dapper.
(b) Small.
(c) Smug.
(d) Huge.

4. What did Carnehan initially ask of the narrator?
(a) To deliver a message.
(b) To keep his whereabouts a secret.
(c) To meet him again.
(d) To impersonate him.

5. In what section of the train was the narrator traveling?
(a) Baggage.
(b) First class.
(c) Intermediate.
(d) Second class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men stood in the narrator's way when he moved to leave the newspaper office?

2. What type of politics did the narrator and his new acquaintance discuss on the train?

3. The narrator stated that the Intermediate section of the train had no what?

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

5. What was the coldest temperature the newspaper office ever reached, according to the narrator?

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