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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. Where does the restaurant store their meat?

2. About what game do the narrator and the patron talk?

3. What does the narrator do to earn money?

4. How much does the narrator earn per month at the restaurant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the narrator's Saturday nights.

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

4. What decision does Boris make in chapter 7?

5. Describe the ghetto where the narrator lives.

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

7. In what way does the narrator claim the restaurant is successful in chapter 21?

8. Why is the narrator berated for wearing a mustache in chapter 13?

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

10. In what way is a plongeur no better than a slave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Orwell was a socialist. Using two examples from the novel discuss the ways the story reflects Orwell's political ideas.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Why? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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