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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. How old is the former Eton boy?
(a) 19
(b) 60
(c) 50
(d) 34

2. What kind of street meeting does the narrator see in this chapter?
(a) A fascist meeting
(b) A communist meeting
(c) A Jehova Witness meeting
(d) A Mormon meeting

3. What do the tramps have to do first thing in the morning?
(a) Run around the yard
(b) Strip for inspection
(c) Sing for their breakfast
(d) 20 press ups

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

5. Where does the narrator say is the best lodgings?
(a) Hyde Park
(b) Basildon
(c) Croydon
(d) Tufnell Park

Short Answer Questions

1. How big are the bedrooms in the spike?

2. What does the narrator say is illegal?

3. What does the narrator summarize in this chapter?

4. What does a tramp tell the narrator about in this chapter?

5. What does the narrator find uncomfortable in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sleeping conditions of a spike.

2. How does Bozo earn his money?

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

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

5. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

6. How do the people in the lodging house earn their money?

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

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

9. What reason does the narrator give for the existence of tramps?

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

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