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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 49-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator call the pawnshop owner?
(a) Brother.
(b) Father.
(c) Godfather.
(d) Uncle.

2. What physical feature of the woman outside the butcher's shop nauseates the narrator?
(a) An amputated leg.
(b) Her single yellow tooth.
(c) Her single eye.
(d) Her scarred face.

3. What is making the narrator feel drunk?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Gin.
(c) Sleeplessness.
(d) Hunger.

4. What is in the old man's paper-wrapped package in the end?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Documents.
(c) Carpenter's tools.
(d) Money.

5. What is the narrator rejected at the fire department for wearing?
(a) His hat.
(b) No shoes.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His worn trousers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator's friend not buy anything from him?

2. At what does the old man stare when the narrator gives him his the money?

3. What can the narrator hear coming from the Student's Promenade?

4. What does the narrator claim the woman is losing?

5. What is on the menu at the Steam Kitchen?

(see the answer key)

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