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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what city does the story take place?
(a) Brussels
(b) Lisbon
(c) Paris
(d) Amsterdam
2. What do the narrator and Boris do to their cheeks to make themselves look respectable?
(a) Apply make up
(b) Scratch them
(c) Pinch them
(d) Slap them
3. What is the name of the narrator's Russian friend?
(a) Andrey
(b) Sasha
(c) Boris
(d) Igor
4. What wakes the narrator outside his window?
(a) A cat fight
(b) Lovers
(c) A murder
(d) A dog barking
5. What is the narrator berated for having?
(a) A vest
(b) A beard
(c) A moustache
(d) A necklace
6. To what kind of people is the fear of the mob attributed?
(a) Nobility
(b) Intelligent people
(c) The middle classes
(d) The working classes
7. Where does the man live who owes Boris money?
(a) Marseille
(b) Rue Fondary
(c) Lens
(d) Coq d'Or
8. How many hours a day does the narrator work at the hotel?
(a) 14
(b) 17
(c) 9
(d) 11
9. Why is the patron impressed with the narrator?
(a) He has traveled
(b) He supports Manchester Ltd
(c) He is English
(d) He is a writer
10. How many gas stoves are there in the restaurant kitchen?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 7
(d) 2
11. What kind of slave does the narrator say the plongeur is?
(a) A powerful slave
(b) A likable slave
(c) A dominant slave
(d) A wasted slave
12. How many francs a week does the narrator have to spend on drink?
(a) 12
(b) 100
(c) 30
(d) 50
13. Which of the following animals raid the food in the yard?
(a) Cats
(b) Rabbits
(c) Mice
(d) Dogs
14. Who does the narrator say are the slaves of the modern world?
(a) Prostitutes
(b) Plongeurs
(c) Chefs
(d) Chambermaids
15. Out of how much money does the doorman cheat the narrator?
(a) 50 francs
(b) 100 francs
(c) 200 francs
(d) 114 francs
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the narrator think the rich imagine to be at stake if the poor are not kept in poverty?
2. How much money is the narrator living on a day?
3. How does the charity worker react when Charlie says Yvonne had twins?
4. What do Boris and the narrator try to pawn?
5. How big is Boris' room?
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