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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator go into the grocery shop again after taking the extra change?
(a) To try and get more.
(b) To steal a loaf of bread.
(c) To borrow another candle.
(d) To confess.

2. What is the landlady doing while the narrator is trying to write in the family-room?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Talking.

3. Where had Queeny met Ylayali for the first time?
(a) By a bookstore.
(b) By the river.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) In a hotel.

4. What does the narrator knock over as he struggles with Ylayali?
(a) The table.
(b) A vase.
(c) A lamp.
(d) The candle.

5. Where does the narrator resort to writing after losing his room?
(a) The hall.
(b) The roof.
(c) The stairway.
(d) The street.

6. What does the narrator see out of his window?
(a) Children playing.
(b) A fire.
(c) A courtyard.
(d) An apothecary.

7. What does the sailor say they need?
(a) More supplies.
(b) A young man.
(c) Rum.
(d) An experienced sailor.

8. What color dress is Ylayali wearing when the narrator sees her with The Duke?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

9. What noise disturbs the narrator from continuing with his play?
(a) Children crying.
(b) Children shouting.
(c) Children playing.
(d) Children laughing.

10. Who starts singing while the narrator is staring out of the window?
(a) The evicted family.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The landlady's hired girl.
(d) The landlady.

11. What is the name of the dockworker playing cards with the landlady's husband?
(a) Stony.
(b) Queeny.
(c) Glassy.
(d) Pauli.

12. What reason does the narrator give for abandoning his chance at warm lodgings?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Pride.
(d) Hunger.

13. What season is it at the beginning of Part Four?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

14. How does the narrator see Ylayali when she reaches her hand out to him as he leaves?
(a) With adoration.
(b) With mistrust.
(c) With fear.
(d) With loathing.

15. What is the prominent feature of the man spitting onto the child playing in the street?
(a) His red beard.
(b) He is wearing a top hat.
(c) He is wearing a red cravat.
(d) His red hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hired girl say she has seen the narrator?

2. For what does the narrator ask from the lame man at the railway pier?

3. What sound does the narrator hear when he is working in the sailor's room?

4. What do their two beating hearts sound like to the narrator?

5. What does the landlord say is wrong with the old man?

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