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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 35-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator decide to go to write for the day after seeing Hans Pauli?
(a) The public gardens.
(b) The public library.
(c) Back home.
(d) The riverside.

2. What is the old man's profession?
(a) A welt binder.
(b) A builder.
(c) A tanner.
(d) A blacksmith.

3. Who wakes the narrator when he falls asleep on the park bench
(a) A park attendant.
(b) The old man.
(c) A policeman.
(d) His landlady.

4. What newspaper covers the walls of the narrator's apartment?
(a) The Morning Times.
(b) Evening Standard.
(c) New York Herald.
(d) Boston Post.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the woman outside the pawnshop carrying when the narrator leaves the building for the second time?

3. What does the pawnbroker have attached to his door that makes a distinctive sound?

4. Where is the editor sitting when the narrator arrives back at the newspaper office?

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

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