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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 19-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the time of year at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

3. What does the narrator claim the woman is losing?
(a) Her honour.
(b) Her book.
(c) Her sanity.
(d) Her house.

4. What does the narrator say his landlord does for a profession?
(a) A shipworker.
(b) A stevedore.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A businessman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator owe Hans Pauli?

2. What are the two gentlemen doing while sitting on the narrator's seat?

3. Where does the old man tell the narrator he had been the day before?

4. What falls out of the narrator's pocket as he takes out his papers?

5. What does the narrator call the woman who appears at the window of 2 St. Olaf's Place?

(see the answer key)

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