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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 does Nelson tell Wallace about the faces we see in our dreams?
(a) They are all of priests.
(b) They are all of people who are dead.
(c) They are all of people we have seen before.
(d) They are all of imaginary people.

2. Who asked Hugo to be a ferryman?
(a) Mei.
(b) Wallace.
(c) The Manager.
(d) Nelson.

3. Who is in charge of making the special tea?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Mei.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Mei want to see Wallace say to Hugo?
(a) That he is the Manager.
(b) That he is a hipster.
(c) That he is a prankster.
(d) That he thinks he is God.

5. What is Wallace's last name?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Price.
(c) James.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson tell Wallace to do at the end of Chapter 7?

2. What does Mei say about Hugo's strengths in Chapter 9?

3. Who is the husband of the employee Wallace is speaking to in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 6, where does Wallace flee to?

5. Which customers at the shop talk about Wallace as if they are attracted to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

2. How do Wallace and Hugo mimic touching in Chapter 9?

3. What does Wallace desperately want to do that he sees Nelson doing in Chapter 8?

4. Why do Mei and Hugo not eat in front of Nelson and Wallace?

5. Why does Hugo keep so many pictures of far-away places in the tea shop?

6. How does Wallace die, and when does he realize he is dead?

7. Why does Mei come to Wallace's funeral?

8. In Chapter 9, what does Mei tell Wallace of her family?

9. What happens that humiliates Wallace and amuses everyone else in Chapter 8?

10. How do Mei and Hugo speak about the Manager?

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