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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. For whom does the narrator ask at the third-floor apartment?
(a) An invalid man.
(b) A new landlord.
(c) A debtor.
(d) A young woman.

2. What does the narrator tell Queeny is in his package?
(a) Food.
(b) Paper.
(c) Leather.
(d) Cloth.

3. What is the woman thinking of buying from the butcher's shop?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Beef.
(d) Sausages.

4. Where does the narrator say he is sending the package?
(a) Smyrna.
(b) Tangiers.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Beirut.

5. Why does the narrator give up on his idea of writing "Crimes of the Future"?
(a) It is too long-winded.
(b) It is too complicated.
(c) It is too boring.
(d) It is too elementary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator overtake as he leaves the park to return to the pawnshop?

2. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?

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

4. Who wakes the narrator when he falls asleep on the park bench

5. Where does the narrator decide to go to write for the day after seeing Hans Pauli?

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