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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the woman thinking of buying from the butcher's shop?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Beef.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Sausages.

4. What does the narrator worry about as he sits outside Our Saviour's Church?
(a) The quality of his article.
(b) His outburst at Queeny.
(c) His rent.
(d) His supper.

5. What does Miss Andersen sell?
(a) Fish.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Groceries.
(d) Shrouds.

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

7. How does the narrator get Pastor Levison's address?
(a) Pascha's Bookstore.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A beggar.
(d) Church of Our Saviour.

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

9. Where is the narrator sitting at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) A park.
(b) An inn.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A town square.

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

11. What can the narrator hear coming from the Student's Promenade?
(a) A student shouting.
(b) Voices arguing.
(c) Loud laughter.
(d) Band music.

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

13. What is in the old man's paper-wrapped package in the end?
(a) Carpenter's tools.
(b) Documents.
(c) Money.
(d) Sandwiches.

14. Who wakes the narrator when he falls asleep on the park bench
(a) His landlady.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A park attendant.
(d) The old man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator make from the blank piece of paper in his pocket?

3. For which paper does the narrator say he works?

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

5. What kind of job opening does the narrator see?

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