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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. What religion is Blue?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

2. What time do visiting hours end at the hospital?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

3. What is the narrator's reply to Blue's comment, "My old friend, Mr. Compromiser."
(a) "Your old friend, Faith."
(b) "Your old friend, Reason."
(c) "Your old friend, Truth."
(d) "Your old friend, Honesty."

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

5. In Chapter IV, what happens to Blue?
(a) He met the narrator for drinks.
(b) He was arrested for public indecency.
(c) He was asked to leave the rooftop skyscraper.
(d) He jumped from the rooftop skyscraper.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Blue and the narrator circle the lakes in Chapter VI, where do they stop?

2. What is Blue's response to the narrator's comment on him getting a girl?

3. Why is Blue in the hospital?

4. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is Saint Patrick's Cathedral?

5. Fill in the following description of Copley Square: "One needs _____________ to fill the emptiness of Copley Square at night."

Short Essay Questions

1. Would you consider Blue to be a deep thinker?

2. Describe what the narrator saw when he first went to see Blue in the hospital.

3. How does Blue end up in the hospital?

4. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?

5. How does Blue feel about those who read?

6. What values of Blue's do the eighth, ninth and tenth letters defend?

7. In what letter does Blue describe his view of the end of the world?

8. What religion is Blue?

9. What is the narrator's response to Blue's death?

10. What is the vocation Blue found?

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