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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Steamroller.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bud sitting when he reads the newspaper and the other men there are playing chess?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) The Seaman's Union.
(d) Central Park.

2. Jimmy's mother tells him not to eat his ice cream too fast or he will get what?
(a) A cold.
(b) The collywobbles.
(c) Sick.
(d) Brain freeze.

3. When Bud is on the Brooklyn Bridge, what does it sound like when a car goes by?
(a) A pile of piano wires.
(b) A room full of crickets.
(c) A bucket of nickels.
(d) A shaken banjo.

4. What does Ed's drinking buddy say of having kids?
(a) They are the best thing to ever happen to a man.
(b) They eat money.
(c) They tear your heart out.
(d) They are loud.

5. What does the lady with the pink cameo actually give Bud for moving the coal?
(a) A kick in the shins.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A quarter and some stale food.
(d) A basket of eggs and a nickel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the yellow-painted drugstore that the man at the end of Chapter 1 goes to?

2. What country is the person from who goes with Ed for a drink?

3. What job does Gus McNeil have at the time of the accident?

4. What does Jimmy inherit from his mother's estate?

5. Where has Bud come from?

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