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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 main problem at the restaurant?
(a) It is underpaid
(b) It is understaffed
(c) There is nowhere to sleep
(d) It is cold

2. In what is Boris covered?
(a) Spots
(b) Bug bites
(c) Excrement
(d) Sun cream

3. What does Boris call the man with whom he shares a room?
(a) The junkie
(b) The Jew
(c) Dave
(d) The slav

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

5. In what city does the narrator take a job?
(a) Monaco
(b) Lentz
(c) London
(d) Birmingham

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is second most important person at the hotel?

2. How big is Boris' room?

3. Who does the narrator say are the slaves of the modern world?

4. At what time do people start getting depressed?

5. What does the narrator have to ration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie save the day in chapter 18?

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

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

4. Describe the narrator's Saturday nights.

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

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

7. Describe Boris and the narrator's interview at the Auberge.

8. How does the narrator express how tired he is in chapter 16?

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

10. Describe the narrator's routine as a plongeur.

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