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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the quarter in which the narrator lives?
(a) Coq d'Boer
(b) Coq la Vim
(c) Lens Fromage
(d) Coq d'Or

2. What does the narrator have to ration?
(a) Food
(b) Sweets
(c) Postcards
(d) Tobacco

3. Why does the narrator say people have the instinct to keep slaves?
(a) To have more leisure time
(b) Fear of the mob
(c) Laziness
(d) The need to feel dominant

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many francs has the Jew stolen off Boris?

2. In what is Boris covered?

3. What kind of game do the workmen play at the bistro?

4. How many hours a day does the narrator work at the restaurant?

5. Why is the patron impressed with the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator get money in chapter 4?

2. Why do the staff at the Auberge hate each other?

3. How does the narrator describe waiters in chapter 14?

4. In what way does the narrator claim the restaurant is successful in chapter 21?

5. Describe the story Charlie tells in the second chapter?

6. How does the narrator spend his last days in Paris?

7. Describe the narrator's job at the hotel.

8. What does the narrator say are his best and worst days working at the hotel?

9. How do Boris and the narrator pass the time while they wait for the restaurant to open?

10. Why do Boris and the narrator quit their jobs in chapter 19?

(see the answer keys)

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