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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare the noise of the waves to?
(a) A giant's laugh.
(b) A bird's squawk.
(c) A lion's roar.
(d) A snake's hiss.

2. What does the narrator note about the other passengers when they exit the bus?
(a) They are glowing.
(b) They are transparent.
(c) They are sooty.
(d) They are white.

3. What does the Short Man do after his interaction with the Big Man in the line?
(a) Pushes the Big Man down.
(b) Slaps the narrator.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Limps away.

4. How many schools did the Tousle-Headed Poet attend?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

5. What sound does the narrator hear from the stillness of the open door before he exits the bus?
(a) A falcon.
(b) A lark.
(c) An owl.
(d) A bee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Big Man repeatedly insist on getting?

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

3. What does the man with the bulbous nose tell the narrator is the trouble with the people of the gray town?

4. What does Dick tell the Episcopal Ghost they reached a point that they no longer believed in?

5. What about the space felt different after the narrator got out of the bus?

(see the answer key)

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