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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, pages 185-199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the wastebasket in the editor's office?
(a) Endless pit.
(b) Dragon's maw.
(c) Lion's maw.
(d) Wolf's maw.

2. What does the waitress offer to buy the narrator?
(a) His meal.
(b) A bowl of soup.
(c) A glass of milk.
(d) A glass of beer.

3. Where does the narrator resort to writing after losing his room?
(a) The hall.
(b) The stairway.
(c) The roof.
(d) The street.

4. Who starts singing while the narrator is staring out of the window?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The evicted family.
(c) The landlady.
(d) The landlady's hired girl.

5. Hans Pauli Pettersen is the son of whom?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A cabinet minister.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator make a habit of eating to stave off hunger?

2. What is the narrator tempted to steal from the marketplace?

3. Who does Queeny recommend to the narrator?

4. What is the name of the ship about which the narrator asks the cripple?

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

(see the answer key)

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