1. How did the blind man’s wife die?
(a) She died in childbirth
(b) She committed suicide
(c) She was in a car accident
(d) She died of cancer

2. What is the blind man’s name in the story?
(a) Robert
(b) Jacob
(c) William
(d) Marcus

3. Regarding the view from the train, the narrator says, “going to New York, you should sit” where on the train?
(a) On the right side
(b) In the front
(c) In the back
(d) On the left side

4. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s facial hair?
(a) He has a goatee
(b) He has a full beard
(c) He has muttonchops
(d) He has a handlebar mustache

5. Where does the narrator tell the blind man the show about cathedrals has traveled to, where there are “paintings on the walls of this one church”?
(a) Finland
(b) Romania
(c) Italy
(d) Denmark

Short Answer Questions

1. Exasperated by his inability to explain a cathedral to the blind man, the narrator apologizes and says, “The truth is, cathedrals don’t mean” what to him?

2. What does the narrator’s wife say when she awakens as the narrator is drawing a cathedral?

3. The narrator says that the “was having a drink and” doing what when he “heard the car pull into the drive” with his wife and the blind man?

4. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what color eye-shadow around one eye and it wouldn’t make a difference?

5. What color are the narrator’s wife’s robe and slippers?

(see the answer key)

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