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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what is the dog's collar made?
(a) Moroccan leather.
(b) Brazilian gold.
(c) Mexican silver.
(d) Iron chains.

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

3. What does the narrator tell Queeny is in his package?
(a) Food.
(b) Paper.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Leather.

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

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

6. What does the narrator make from the blank piece of paper in his pocket?
(a) A cornucopia.
(b) An envelope.
(c) A bird.
(d) A boat.

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

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

9. To whom does the narrator give his stolen money?
(a) A cake-seller.
(b) A child.
(c) A beggar.
(d) An apothecary.

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

11. Who does Queeny recommend to the narrator?
(a) His tailor.
(b) His publisher.
(c) His seamstress.
(d) His butcher.

12. Who does the narrator overtake as he leaves the park to return to the pawnshop?
(a) His landlady.
(b) Two women.
(c) Two nursemaids.
(d) A gardener.

13. At what does the old man stare when the narrator gives him his the money?
(a) The sky.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The narrator's trousers.
(d) His feet.

14. What is the woman outside the pawnshop carrying when the narrator leaves the building for the second time?
(a) A bunch of flowers.
(b) A hat box.
(c) A small dog.
(d) A suitcase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does the narrator ask at the third-floor apartment?

2. Of what in particular is the narrator frightened?

3. What of the narrator's is whipped by the hayracks?

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

5. What body part does the narrator try to bite off in a fit of hunger?

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