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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of game do the workmen play at the bistro?
(a) Billiards
(b) Bowls
(c) Snooker
(d) Darts

2. What does the narrator wear to the Auberge on his last day in Paris?
(a) Shorts
(b) A wet suit
(c) A suit
(d) Nothing

3. What do the narrator think the rich imagine to be at stake if the poor are not kept in poverty?
(a) Their money
(b) Their liberty
(c) Their jobs
(d) Their children

4. What two words does the narrator associate with a plongeur's work?
(a) Hard and unrewarding
(b) Stupid and unnecessary
(c) Rewarding and pay
(d) Hard and stupid

5. At what time do people start getting depressed?
(a) Midnight
(b) Eleven o'clock
(c) Two o'clock
(d) One o'clock

6. What does the manager say is the secret of a successful restaurant?
(a) A good chef
(b) Polite waiters
(c) Tender meat
(d) Sharp knives

7. What does the narrator say goes out of the window when people are hungry?
(a) Money
(b) Respectability
(c) Morals
(d) Fun

8. On what day without food did Valenti go mad?
(a) The fifth day
(b) The second day
(c) The fourth day
(d) The seventh day

9. Of what is the chef on the verge?
(a) Mental disturbance
(b) A tantrum
(c) Divorce
(d) Fame

10. How many times a day does Boris claim he eats in restaurants?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 2

11. Where does the man live who owes Boris money?
(a) Lens
(b) Rue Fondary
(c) Marseille
(d) Coq d'Or

12. How long does it take the narrator to fall asleep again?
(a) 3 minutes
(b) 1 hour
(c) 5 minutes
(d) 30 seconds

13. About what game do the narrator and the patron talk?
(a) Football
(b) Cricket
(c) Rugby
(d) Golf

14. In how many weeks will the restaurant open?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) Three

15. To what kind of people is the fear of the mob attributed?
(a) Intelligent people
(b) The middle classes
(c) Nobility
(d) The working classes

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does the narrator work at the restaurant?

2. How many days a week does the narrator work at the restaurant?

3. What is the nationality of the man who robs the narrator?

4. Who are the lowest paid workers at the hotel?

5. Which is of the following is not likely to be a resident in the neighborhood?

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