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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, 17 & 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does the narrator refer to in Chapter 5 in relation to himself?
(a) Poe.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Picard.
(d) Rimbaud.

2. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

3. At the beginning of the book, what song does the narrator say the church is blowing on the bells in the slums?
(a) "O Holy Night."
(b) "Kathleen."
(c) "A Hymn to Mary."
(d) "Mary."

4. What is the name of the "skid row" hotel in which the narrator has been staying in Chapter 1?
(a) The Mars.
(b) The Harston.
(c) The Redlight.
(d) The Savoy.

5. What old buddy does the the narrator send a letter to in Chapter 9?
(a) Gerard.
(b) Michael.
(c) Julien.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound is overwhelming to the narrator when he exits the cab in Chapter 3?

2. What book does Jack refer to reading in the cabin at 3 a.m. in Chapter 5?

3. Who has the narrator planned to meet incognito in San Francisco?

4. What is Jack happy to find along the road in Chapter 3?

5. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."

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