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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he will he never think again about tramps?
(a) They are at fault for being homeless
(b) They are a source of humor
(c) They are drunken scoundrels
(d) They have somewhere to go

2. Where is the cheapest lodgings in London?
(a) Leicester Square
(b) The Embankment
(c) Wandsworth
(d) Charing Cross

3. Where do the tramps hide their money?
(a) In their shoes
(b) In their socks
(c) Up their sleeves
(d) In their underpants

4. What does the narrator say will help the tramps be healthy?
(a) Women
(b) The army
(c) Homegrown vegetables
(d) Bread and margarine

5. Why does Paddy want to bury his money?
(a) To avoid prison
(b) To stop it from getting stolen
(c) To see if it will grow
(d) To save it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator never expect a tramp to be when he gives them a penny?

2. What does Bozo do to earn money?

3. What does the narrator say a tramp needs?

4. What causes swear words to lose their original meaning?

5. What does the narrator talk about in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the young man affect the narrator in chapter 29?

2. Describe the narrator's first night in London?

3. How do the tramps behave in the church in chapter 33?

4. What ideas does the narrator have to improve the tramp's lives?

5. How does Bozo earn his money?

6. What kind of people live in the lodging house?

7. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

8. What happens in the morning at the spike in chapter 27?

9. How is Bozo more interesting than other homeless people he has met in the book?

10. Describe the character of Paddy.

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