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

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

3. Where does the narrator hide his money?
(a) In his sock
(b) In his shoe
(c) In his glasses case
(d) Under his pillow

4. What does Bozo sell to get money?
(a) His socks
(b) His shoes
(c) His diamond ring
(d) His razor

5. What is the name of the spike the narrator stays in in this chapter?
(a) Croydon
(b) Tooting
(c) Lower Binfield
(d) Clapham

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of status does the narrator say that tramps need to attain?

2. What does the narrator summarize in this chapter?

3. How often does Bozo draw new pictures?

4. What kind of stories does the narrator hear at the Cromley spike?

5. Where do the tramps hide their money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Paddy want to bury his five pence?

4. How does Bozo win the narrator's admiration in chapter 33?

5. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

6. How does the narrator describe the deputy and his wife?

7. Why do you think the author includes this apparently irrelevant chapter in the book?

8. What happens to Paddy and Bozo in the final chapter?

9. Describe the narrator's experience at the church in chapter 26.

10. What are spikes?

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