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Wanted: Town Without A Crazy Quiz

1. What does Hilmi do with the money that people give him?
Donates it to charity
Invests it
Gives it to his family
Saves it

2. What was the previous town crazy's name?

Charlie Sheen
Skippy
Pellè
Paula
Davut
3. Who is the author of Wanted: Town Without a Crazy?
(1 point)
Moushegh Ishkhan
Alfi Rifaat
Muzaffer Izgu
R.K. Narayan

4. What do the store owners say about Hilmi stealing from their store?
He should be locked away
They forgive him
It’s good luck
He’s going to end up like the last cuckoo

5. Where is the author from?

Ireland
Turkey
India
Pakistan
6. Where does the “town crazy” hide from the narrator
In a cardboard box
Behind a tree
In a dumpster
In an alley

7. What color is Hilmi’s topcoat?

Multicolored
Brown
Red
White

8. Which of the following could be an ironic observation about this story?

The people who embrace this town crazy are really the crazy ones.
He is in an insane asylum
A perfectly sane person would never be crazy enough to pretend to be a town crazy.
Everyone knows he's only pretending to be crazy.

9. What happened to the town’s original “cuckoo"?

Nobody knows
He grew old and died
He was hit by a truck

10. What is the current “town crazy's” full name?

Helmi Bey
Camu Tao
Caliph Joop
Masai Dey

11. What is the “town crazy” doing when we first see him?
Sleeping
Singing into a broom handle
Reading poetry to a tree
Talking to himself
12. His brother-in-law does not believe the narrator when he says what about the “town crazy”?
He is good luck
He is REALLY crazy
He’s his father
He knows him

13. What did he do to the coat to make it “look old”? (1 point)

Smeared mud on it
Stole it from a bum
Tied it to the back of his car
Burnt it

14. What other word is used throughout the story to refer to the town crazy? (1 point)
Loony
Nutter Butter
Hobo
Wacko

15. “...he left crestfallen.” What does crestfallen mean (1 point)

Hopeful
Excited
Lonely
Disappointed

16. Which word best describes the townspeople's attitude towards the town "crazy".
Angry
Embarrassed
Loving
Frustrated
Answer Sheet
Wanted: Town Without A Crazy Quiz - (copy)
Gives it to his family 1.
Davut 2.
Muzaffer Izgu 3.
It’s good luck 4.
Turkey 5.
Behind a tree 6.
Red 7.
A perfectly sane person would never be crazy enough to pretend to be a town crazy. 8.
He was hit by a truck 9.
Helmi Bey 10.
Singing into a broom handle 11.
He knows him 12.
Smeared mud on it 13.
Loony 14.
Disappointed 15.
Loving 16.
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