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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the bus riding after some time?
(a) Into the sky.
(b) Onto a long bridge.
(c) Into the mountainside.
(d) Into the earth.

2. How had the Tousle-Headed Poet killed himself?
(a) He hung himself.
(b) He jumped off a building.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He jumped under a train.

3. What is the man wearing whom the narrator sits next to after the tussle on the bus?
(a) A bowler hat.
(b) A sombrero.
(c) A fedora.
(d) A fake moustache.

4. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. What time of day is it when the story begins?
(a) Noon.
(b) Evening.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to sit next to the narrator on the bus?

2. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?

3. What will go on spreading indefinitely?

4. How much does a man in line offer the woman to trade places?

5. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?

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