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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 name of the restaurant?
(a) Jaques
(b) The Russina Bistro
(c) Aberge de Jehan Cottard
(d) Riverside

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

3. How many candles are lit at night?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 7

4. How money money does the man owe Boris?
(a) 1,000 francs
(b) 5,000 francs
(c) 4,000 francs
(d) 500 francs

5. How many gas stoves are there in the restaurant kitchen?
(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the restaurant count its success?

2. At what time do the staff have their break?

3. What does the narrator do when he witnesses a murder?

4. How many staff work at Hotel X?

5. Who are the lowest paid workers at the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the story Valenti tells in chapter 15.

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

4. What does the narrator say are his best and worst days working at the hotel?

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

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

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

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

9. How is poverty affecting the narrator's life?

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

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