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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do with the gift from Blue at the end of Chapter VI?
(a) Puts it in his pocket.
(b) Leaves it on the sidewalk.
(c) Throws it in the river.
(d) Gives it back to Blue.

2. Why is the narrator concerned about Blue's safety in Chapter VII?
(a) Blue might be put away as a lunatic.
(b) Winter is coming and he has no place to live.
(c) Blue's ideals can get him arrested.
(d) Dangerous people live on the streets in the city.

3. How does Blue pay rent in Chapter V?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) Money from his mother.
(c) Working at the railyard.
(d) His inheritance.

4. After the narrator leaves the hospital, who comes to visit Blue?
(a) Ed and Phil.
(b) Sam and Jim.
(c) Jake and Richard.
(d) Joe and Mike.

5. What is Blue's last letter to the narrator about?
(a) Blue's thoughts on religion.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) People spending too much money.
(d) Plans for the future.

6. After the narrator leaves Blue in Chapter VII, what job does Blue begin?
(a) In a church.
(b) As a janitor.
(c) In a lumberyard.
(d) At the newspaper.

7. What does the inclusion of Blue's thoughts in Chapter VI prove of Blue?
(a) That he was uneducated.
(b) That he was out of touch with reality.
(c) That he was a thinker.
(d) That he was immature.

8. Why is Blue in the hospital?
(a) He was hit by a car.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) He was hurt at work.
(d) He was committed for being insane.

9. What kind of work does Mrs. Murphy do?
(a) Runs a bank.
(b) Runs a lodging house.
(c) Runs a bar.
(d) Runs a school.

10. What is the gift Blue gave the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?
(a) A religious card.
(b) A prayer book.
(c) A small wooden cross.
(d) A cup for communion.

11. According to Blue, what are the best gifts from heaven?
(a) Riches and gold.
(b) The ones you earn.
(c) Your family and loved ones.
(d) A roof over your head.

12. Complete the following quote from one of Blue's letters in Chapter V: "Conservative historians describe any man with a passion for greatness as a ____________."
(a) Ego-maniacal.
(b) Altruistic.
(c) Megalomaniac.
(d) Humble.

13. What do the two visitors bring to Blue in the hospital?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A pint of gin.
(c) A book.
(d) A Bible.

14. What does Blue leave for Mrs. Murphy?
(a) A typed letter addressed to "My Good Dear Mother."
(b) A key to his rooftop skyscraper.
(c) $100 dollars.
(d) A treasure map.

15. Where does the novel take place in Chapter VII?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of mood is Blue rarely in?

2. What gives Blue courage at the beginning of Chapter VI?

3. At the end of Chapter VI, what subway entrance do Blue and the narrator stop outside of?

4. What quality could Blue not view with Christian forbearance?

5. What is the following quote written on: "The cross is the fit God gives his friends."

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