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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 kind of speech does Furex give every Saturday?
(a) Funny
(b) History
(c) Political
(d) Religious

2. What do the postcard sellers say they are selling?
(a) Pornography
(b) Art
(c) Photographs
(d) Sweets

3. Who are the lowest paid workers at the hotel?
(a) Plongeurs
(b) Chambermaid
(c) The cooks
(d) Waiters

4. What is the name of the elderly man in the narrator's story?
(a) Michael
(b) Roucolle
(c) Tomas
(d) Igor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the chef on the verge?

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

3. Where do Boris and the narrator eat their meals?

4. How much money do Boris and the narrator get for the overcoats?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision does Boris make in chapter 7?

2. How does Roucolle lose all of his money?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the working conditions at the Auberge.

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

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

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

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