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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator decide to do to the woman?
(a) Seduce her.
(b) Steal from her.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Frighten her.

2. For whom does the woman mistake the narrator?
(a) A parson.
(b) A beggar.
(c) An actor.
(d) A thief.

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

4. Of what in particular is the narrator frightened?
(a) The sound of the rain.
(b) Being discovered.
(c) His hunger.
(d) A nail-hole.

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

6. What lights the narrator's cell?
(a) An electric light.
(b) A candle.
(c) A storm lantern.
(d) A gas lamp.

7. By what is the girl shocked when she comes up to the narrator in the street?
(a) His trousers.
(b) His jewelry.
(c) His face.
(d) His shoes.

8. What do the narrator and engineer drink?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

9. What is the narrator tempted to steal from the marketplace?
(a) Bread.
(b) Roses.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Newspaper.

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

11. What does the narrator owe Hans Pauli?
(a) Some money.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A pair of trousers.

12. Where does the narrator try for money right after being refused by Cisler?
(a) A yarn shop.
(b) An old friend.
(c) His landlord.
(d) A priest.

13. About what food does the narrator fantasize as he walks away?
(a) Cornmeal.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Soup.
(d) Rye bread.

14. What does the narrator offer the old man who sits down on his bench?
(a) His painting.
(b) His coupons.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A drink.

15. What does the narrator leave behind when he is asked to move on by the policeman?
(a) His papers.
(b) His waistcoat.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Andersen sell?

2. What does the narrator tell the clerk at Semb's is wrapped in his blanket?

3. Who has sent the letter to him?

4. What is in the old man's paper-wrapped package in the end?

5. What tickets does the Officer of the Day hand out?

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