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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?
(a) A pair of shoes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) A glass of milk.
(d) A loaf of bread.

2. What does the narrator owe Hans Pauli?
(a) A pair of trousers.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Some money.

3. For what change does the editor ask in the sketch?
(a) Less simplistic.
(b) More emotional.
(c) More avant-garde.
(d) More popular.

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

5. In his desperation, what does the narrator intend to sell to the pawnbroker?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His buttons.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His trousers.

6. How does the narrator say Ylayali is related to Happolati?
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

7. Where does the narrator say he is sending the package?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Smyrna.
(c) Tangiers.
(d) Moscow.

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

9. What does the narrator say his landlord does for a profession?
(a) A shipworker.
(b) A stevedore.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A businessman.

10. Where is the narrator staying at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) In an abandoned blacksmith's workshop.
(b) With an elderly aunt.
(c) Near the harbour.
(d) In an abandoned tinsmith's workshop.

11. Where does the narrator decide to sleep for the night?
(a) With family.
(b) An inn.
(c) His old apartment.
(d) The woods.

12. What kind of job opening does the narrator see?
(a) Storekeeping.
(b) Bookkeeping.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Acting.

13. What are the two gentlemen doing while sitting on the narrator's seat?
(a) Reading.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Smoking.

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

15. Of what is the woman in black's umbrella ring made?
(a) Silver.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time of year at the beginning of the novel?

2. What item of clothing does the narrator pawn?

3. What does the narrator worry about as he sits outside Our Saviour's Church?

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

5. What color are the feathers in the women's hats?

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