Hunger | Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Part 1, pages 1-19

1. Describe the narrator's apartment at the beginning of the novel.

2. How is the narrator feeling when he leaves the apartment?

3. Why does the narrator become annoyed with the old man?

4. How does the narrator react to the old cripple walking in front of him?

5. How does the narrator treat the two women?

6. What lie does the narrator invent to explain why he returned for the pencil?

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