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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 do the narrator think the rich imagine to be at stake if the poor are not kept in poverty?
(a) Their liberty
(b) Their jobs
(c) Their money
(d) Their children

2. Out of how much money does the doorman cheat the narrator?
(a) 200 francs
(b) 100 francs
(c) 114 francs
(d) 50 francs

3. Where does the narrator say people can get much better food?
(a) In their homes
(b) In homeless shelters
(c) On the streets
(d) In hospitals

4. How much money do Boris and the narrator get for the overcoats?
(a) 50
(b) 30
(c) 60
(d) 70

5. What does the narrator say goes out of the window when people are hungry?
(a) Money
(b) Fun
(c) Respectability
(d) Morals

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a plongeur's work in vain?

2. What is the narrator's position at the restaurant?

3. In what does the narrator say he washes the dishes?

4. Which is of the following is not likely to be a resident in the neighborhood?

5. Where does the narrator try to catch a fish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the story Valenti tells in chapter 15.

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

4. What decision does Boris make in chapter 7?

5. Describe the Russian society in chapter 8.

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

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

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

9. What illusion does the narrator say the success of the restaurant destroys in chapter 21?

10. Describe the working conditions at the Auberge.

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