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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 make a habit of eating to stave off hunger?
(a) Wood shavings.
(b) Insects.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Grass.

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

3. What does the pawnbroker have attached to his door that makes a distinctive sound?
(a) Small chimes.
(b) A brass bell.
(c) A heavy knocker.
(d) Steel grillwork.

4. Where does the narrator decide to sleep for the night?
(a) An inn.
(b) With family.
(c) The woods.
(d) His old apartment.

5. What does the policeman see inside the paper cone?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Silver.
(c) A feather.
(d) A krone.

6. Where does the narrator tell the old man he lives?
(a) Graensen Street.
(b) St. Olaf's Place.
(c) Royal Gardens.
(d) Karl Johan Street.

7. What reason does the narrator give to the policeman for sitting on the house stoop?
(a) Sleeplessness.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Fun.

8. For which paper does the narrator say he works?
(a) Evening Times.
(b) Morning Times.
(c) Viking.
(d) Afternoon Times.

9. Of what country does the narrator say his landlord was Prime Minister?
(a) Turkey.
(b) China.
(c) Persia.
(d) India.

10. Where has Mr. Pettersen gone?
(a) To the library.
(b) Home.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To his university.

11. What is the stonecutter wearing in the Cemetery of Christ?
(a) Red overalls.
(b) Blue spectacles.
(c) Black polished shoes.
(d) A green cap.

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

13. What does the narrator intend to buy with the remaining money?
(a) Some soap.
(b) A new shirt.
(c) Some paper.
(d) Breakfast.

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

15. What does the narrator try to give to the organ-grinder's daughter for her father?
(a) A lecture.
(b) His purse.
(c) His waistcoat.
(d) A cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the woman in black's umbrella ring made?

2. What type of business does Fabian Olsen own?

3. What does Miss Andersen sell?

4. To what does the narrator compare the wastebasket in the editor's office?

5. What does the narrator say his landlord does for a profession?

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