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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 does the narrator want to buy when he tries to find the banker for the second time?
(a) A candle.
(b) A pencil.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Some food.

2. What physical feature of the woman outside the butcher's shop nauseates the narrator?
(a) Her single eye.
(b) Her scarred face.
(c) An amputated leg.
(d) Her single yellow tooth.

3. What does the clerk of the grocery store wrap up for the narrator when he enters?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A candle.
(c) Some milk.
(d) Some fruit.

4. What does Miss Andersen sell?
(a) Groceries.
(b) Fish.
(c) Shrouds.
(d) Baskets.

5. What has the narrator lost when he arrives back home?
(a) His manuscript.
(b) His hat.
(c) A letter.
(d) His keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator try for money right after being refused by Cisler?

2. Why does the narrator's friend not buy anything from him?

3. What does the narrator make from the blank piece of paper in his pocket?

4. What does the narrator call the editor?

5. What reason does the narrator give to the policeman for sitting on the house stoop?

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