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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 say is the nicest object in his apartment?
(a) The painting.
(b) The stove.
(c) The double bed.
(d) The rocking chair.

2. For what reason does C. Zacharias Bartel think the narrator has visited him?
(a) A painting.
(b) A bed for the night.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

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

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

5. What has the narrator left in the pawn shop?
(a) His pen.
(b) His writing paper.
(c) His pencil.
(d) His cap.

6. What of the narrator's is whipped by the hayracks?
(a) His bundle.
(b) His legs.
(c) His hat.
(d) His back.

7. Where is the editor sitting when the narrator arrives back at the newspaper office?
(a) Facing the wall.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) Watching the door.
(d) Facing the window.

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

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

10. Who has sent the letter to him?
(a) The police.
(b) The editor.
(c) His landlady.
(d) Hans Pauli.

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

12. What kind of job opening does the narrator see?
(a) Storekeeping.
(b) Bookkeeping.
(c) Acting.
(d) Gardening.

13. How does the narrator say Ylayali is related to Happolati?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

14. What is the unnamed man taking to the pawnshop when he bumps into the narrator?
(a) A top hat.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) A watch.

15. Where does the old man tell the narrator he had been the day before?
(a) Sande.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Christiana.
(d) Dranmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator tell the engineer the woman in black is?

2. What makes the narrator cry?

3. What does the narrator want to buy when he tries to find the banker for the second time?

4. What does the narrator discover in the darkness of his cell?

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

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