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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, pages 185-199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the old man's profession?
(a) A tanner.
(b) A welt binder.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A builder.

2. What is the landlady doing while the narrator is trying to write in the family-room?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Cleaning.

3. What does the narrator worry about as he sits outside Our Saviour's Church?
(a) The quality of his article.
(b) His supper.
(c) His rent.
(d) His outburst at Queeny.

4. What kind of cheese had the landlady bought?
(a) Caraway.
(b) Emmentaler.
(c) Gouda.
(d) Cheddar.

5. What does the narrator intend to buy with the remaining money?
(a) A new shirt.
(b) Some soap.
(c) Some paper.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the old man's paper-wrapped package in the end?

2. What does the narrator call the pawnshop owner?

3. What does the narrator buy for his breakfast?

4. What does the narrator call the editor?

5. Where does the narrator decide to sleep for the night?

(see the answer key)

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