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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. What country did the robber run away to avoid a death sentence?

2. Where does the narrator say the red faced man learned his prayer talk?

3. What does the narrator list in this chapter?

4. Where do the tramps hide their money?

5. What does the narrator talk about in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator believe he has learned from his experiences?

2. What reason does the narrator give for the existence of tramps?

3. What are the narrator's views on England as he travels there by boat?

4. What are spikes?

5. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

6. What kind of people live in the lodging house?

7. What happens in the morning at the spike in chapter 27?

8. In what way does the young man affect the narrator in chapter 29?

9. What reason does the carpenter give for throwing away all the food?

10. What happens to Paddy and Bozo in the final chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Orwell use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Down and Out in Paris and London is a famous book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after Down and Out in Paris and London and discuss how you think it was influenced by the novel. Discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Orwell's dialogue contribute to the following areas

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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