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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. Where does the narrator try to catch a fish?
(a) A steam
(b) Vltava
(c) A pond
(d) The Seine

2. How big is Boris' room?
(a) 12x12
(b) 8x8
(c) 10x10
(d) 10x7

3. How many hours a day does the narrator work at the hotel?
(a) 9
(b) 17
(c) 14
(d) 11

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

5. What does the narrator call the hotel where he works?
(a) Hotel Dirty
(b) Hotel Slavery
(c) Hotel X
(d) Hotel Z

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes to the narrator about the job opening?

2. How many candles are lit at night?

3. What does Yvonne stuff in her clothing?

4. What do the narrator and Boris do to their cheeks to make themselves look respectable?

5. For how many days does the narrator loaf?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What decision does Boris make in chapter 7?

4. Describe the working conditions at the Auberge.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the story Valenti tells in chapter 15.

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