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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what is Boris covered?

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

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

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

5. How much money is the narrator living on a day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roucolle lose all of his money?

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

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

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

5. Describe the ghetto where the narrator lives.

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

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

8. What decision does Boris make in chapter 7?

9. Why do the staff at the Auberge hate each other?

10. Describe the story Valenti tells in chapter 15.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Orwell's writing style. How would you describe Orwell's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Orwell's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is the narrator's new job much harder than his work at the hotel? How does the work affect the narrator both mentally and physically?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the two cities of Paris and London.

1) What are the similarities and differences between the two cities?

2) Why were Paris and London seen as such a haven for writers and artists in the 1930's?

3) Was the poverty represented in these two cities unique to London and Paris or representative of all of Europe at that time?

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