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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair does Blue have?
(a) Gray hair.
(b) Brown hair.
(c) White hair.
(d) Black hair.

2. In the hospital, what does the physician fear for Blue?
(a) Hernia.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Ruptured spleen.
(d) Broken back.

3. What is the title of the one serious poem written by Blue in Chapter V?
(a) Dwaddling.
(b) Verses.
(c) Quotations.
(d) Exclamations.

4. Where is the setting of Chapter VI?
(a) Wainscott.
(b) Westford.
(c) Newton.
(d) Scranton.

5. How long does it take the narrator to get to the hospital to see Blue?
(a) Two days.
(b) One hour.
(c) Five hours.
(d) One day.

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

7. In one of Blue's letters, Blue writes, "Life gives you ______________."
(a) Pretty much what you give it.
(b) A taste of the imagination.
(c) The ability to read, not to think.
(d) Lemons and it is up to you to make lemonade.

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

9. What service does Blue pledge himself to in Chapter VII?
(a) The Rotarians.
(b) Christ.
(c) The Masons.
(d) Lady Poverty.

10. Fill in the following quote from one of Blue's letters: "People remember sorrow much longer than they remember ___________."
(a) Education.
(b) Family.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Tears.

11. What does Blue say God gives his friends?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Beads.
(c) A cross.
(d) Love.

12. Fill in the following quotation by Blue in Chapter VI: "Once heroes built fortresses against the Mongol and the Saracen; now they must build fortresses against _____________."
(a) The wealthy.
(b) The whole world.
(c) The poor.
(d) The British.

13. Fill in the following quote from the narrator in Chapter V: "I think I could love a lion, but I doubt very much if I ever could love a ___________."
(a) Mosquito.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Wasp.
(d) Grasshopper.

14. How many total letters does the narrator acquire that were written by Blue?
(a) 2 letters..
(b) 8 letters.
(c) 5 letters.
(d) 11 letters.

15. At the school Blue suggests the narrator should start, what should the banner say?
(a) We Ourselves.
(b) Thou Are Here.
(c) Speak Now.
(d) E Pluribus Unum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's goal in life?

2. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?

3. In Blue's second letter, all of the following are words Blue describes as words men put on shields except:

4. What is the narrator's reply to Blue's comment, "My old friend, Mr. Compromiser."

5. Fill in the following quote by Blue in Chapter VI: "It is because I have been so happy that I am so ______________."

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