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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is making the narrator feel drunk?
(a) Gin.
(b) Sleeplessness.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Hunger.

2. What is the old man's profession?
(a) A builder.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A tanner.
(d) A welt binder.

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

4. On which floor of the apartment building is the pawnshop on Pile Street?
(a) The ground floor.
(b) The attic.
(c) The second floor.
(d) The basement.

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator buy to settle his stomach?
(a) Boiled milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

9. Why can't the narrator sell his glasses?
(a) They're scratched.
(b) They're broken.
(c) They're steel-rimmed.
(d) They're bent.

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

11. To what does the narrator liken the old man as he climbs the hill?
(a) A bear.
(b) A fish.
(c) A mule.
(d) An insect.

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

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

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

15. Why does Mr. Christie decide against employing the narrator?
(a) Bad handwriting on the application.
(b) Doesn't like his name.
(c) Wrong date on the application.
(d) Doesn't like his appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman outside the pawnshop carrying when the narrator leaves the building for the second time?

2. What reason does the narrator give to the policeman for sitting on the house stoop?

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

4. What weapon does the guard at the firehouse carry?

5. Where is the narrator staying at the beginning of Part Two?

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