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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 do the narrator and his acquaintance have to do before they receive food from the church?

2. What is the name of the spike the narrator stays at in this chapter?

3. What kind of food does the narrator say leads to malnutrition?

4. What does the narrator find uncomfortable in this chapter?

5. Which of the following does the narrator say is one of England's virtues?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bozo win the narrator's admiration in chapter 33?

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

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

5. Describe the sleeping conditions of a spike.

6. How does the narrator describe the deputy and his wife?

7. Describe the narrator's experience at the church in chapter 26.

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

9. How does Bozo earn his money?

10. What does the narrator discover about England in chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the following statement. "Orwell's portrayal of poverty is too romanticized and told too much from a privileged position to have had any major impact on society at that time." Use examples from the novel to either support or argue against the statement.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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