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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does the narrator say is at blame for the existence of tramps?
(a) Society
(b) The labor government
(c) Parents
(d) Teachers
2. What does a tramp tell the narrator about in this chapter?
(a) The spike
(b) Love
(c) His upbringing
(d) Women
3. From what does the narrator say the tramps are cut off?
(a) Reality
(b) Pawn shops
(c) Bank accounts
(d) Women
4. What does the narrator say uneducated men need to stay sane?
(a) A family
(b) Education
(c) Physical work
(d) Drugs
5. What do the tramps have to do first thing in the morning?
(a) 20 press ups
(b) Strip for inspection
(c) Run around the yard
(d) Sing for their breakfast
6. What does the narrator say a tramp needs?
(a) A free bath house
(b) Meaningful work
(c) A farm
(d) Affection
7. What does the narrator say will help the tramps be healthy?
(a) Women
(b) Bread and margarine
(c) Homegrown vegetables
(d) The army
8. What did Bozo forget to do before he sold his razor?
(a) Lend it to the narrator
(b) Shave
(c) Sharpen it
(d) Make it blunt
9. What can the narrator see the man is from his face?
(a) Religious
(b) Humorless
(c) Loving
(d) Starving
10. What is the name of the narrator's new friend?
(a) Seamus
(b) Sergei
(c) Paddy
(d) John
11. What do the tramps do during the sermon?
(a) Snigger
(b) Kidnap the preacher's wife
(c) Stomp their feet and jeer
(d) Undress themselves
12. What kind of stories does the narrator hear at the Cromley spike?
(a) Love stories
(b) Bad luck stories
(c) Ghost stories
(d) Folk tales
13. Where do the group of men in this chapter live?
(a) A brothel
(b) Under a bridge
(c) On a boat
(d) An underground cellar
14. How many nights is a homeless person allowed to stay at a spike?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 1
15. To what does the narrator compare the spikes?
(a) Prison
(b) Sewers
(c) Hotel
(d) A large dormitory
Short Answer Questions
1. What illness is the doctor for signs of?
2. How old is Paddy?
3. How old is the former Eton boy?
4. What is the name of the spike the narrator stays at in this chapter?
5. What countries slang and swear words does the author discuss?
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