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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator order at the cafe in Stor Street?
(a) Roast lamb.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Pastries.
(d) Bread and cheese.

2. What lights the narrator's cell?
(a) A gas lamp.
(b) A storm lantern.
(c) An electric light.
(d) A candle.

3. What newspaper covers the walls of the narrator's apartment?
(a) Boston Post.
(b) Evening Standard.
(c) The Morning Times.
(d) New York Herald.

4. Why does the narrator's friend not buy anything from him?
(a) He is offended.
(b) He is uninterested.
(c) He has no money.
(d) He is unfriendly.

5. For which paper does the narrator say he works?
(a) Evening Times.
(b) Morning Times.
(c) Afternoon Times.
(d) Viking.

6. Of what country does the narrator say his landlord was Prime Minister?
(a) Persia.
(b) Turkey.
(c) China.
(d) India.

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

8. What does the narrator discover in the darkness of his cell?
(a) Despair.
(b) A new word.
(c) A rat.
(d) His keys.

9. What is in the old man's paper-wrapped package in the end?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Documents.
(c) Carpenter's tools.
(d) Money.

10. What does the pawnbroker have attached to his door that makes a distinctive sound?
(a) A brass bell.
(b) A heavy knocker.
(c) Small chimes.
(d) Steel grillwork.

11. For whom does the woman mistake the narrator?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A parson.
(c) An actor.
(d) A thief.

12. Of what in particular is the narrator frightened?
(a) The sound of the rain.
(b) Being discovered.
(c) A nail-hole.
(d) His hunger.

13. Why can't the narrator sell his glasses?
(a) They're bent.
(b) They're scratched.
(c) They're broken.
(d) They're steel-rimmed.

14. What does the waitress offer to buy the narrator?
(a) A glass of beer.
(b) His meal.
(c) A bowl of soup.
(d) A glass of milk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the old man's profession?

2. Hans Pauli Pettersen is the son of whom?

3. What does the narrator offer the old man who sits down on his bench?

4. What has the narrator lost when he arrives back home?

5. In his desperation, what does the narrator intend to sell to the pawnbroker?

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