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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. How many francs has the Jew stolen off Boris?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 10
(d) 6

2. How much money is the narrator living on a day?
(a) 2 francs
(b) 10 francs
(c) 4 franc
(d) 6 francs

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

4. How does the restaurant count its success?
(a) How much money they earn
(b) By how many Frenchmen come
(c) The amount of empty plates
(d) The number of rats in the kitchen

5. How many days did Valenti go without eating?
(a) 9
(b) 7
(c) 4
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator call the hotel where he works?

3. What kind of children does Charlie say Yvonne had?

4. Out of how much money does the doorman cheat the narrator?

5. Where does the man live who owes Boris money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the ghetto where the narrator lives.

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

4. Why does Boris fall into despair in chapter 6?

5. In what way does the narrator's life get better in chapter 17?

6. Why does the narrator believe that people are kept in poverty?

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

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

9. In what way is Boris in bad shape in chapter 5?

10. Describe the working conditions at the Auberge.

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