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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what does the narrator jump in despair?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His hat.
(c) One foot.
(d) A puddle.

2. How does the narrator act on leaving Ylayali?
(a) Cold.
(b) Scared.
(c) Wounded.
(d) Proud.

3. What is the name of the ship about which the narrator asks the cripple?
(a) Copégoro.
(b) The Nun.
(c) The Donau.
(d) Christiana.

4. What does the narrator want to give to the small boy who had been spat upon?
(a) His last cake.
(b) A letter.
(c) A krone.
(d) His pencil.

5. For what does Ylayali reach that tells the narrator she wants him to leave?
(a) Her shawl.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her blouse.
(d) Her cape.

6. Where does the hired girl say she has seen the narrator?
(a) The Opera House.
(b) The Church of Our Saviour.
(c) The Promenade.
(d) The Royal Castle.

7. Of what object belonging to Ylayali's does the narrator think when he sees the green-haired Christ on the wall?
(a) Her scarf.
(b) Her spittoon.
(c) Her picture frame.
(d) Her tablecloth.

8. Where does the narrator leave his offering for the boy to find?
(a) Outside the door.
(b) By a lamppost.
(c) On a post-box.
(d) In the street.

9. Who does the narrator say invented conscience?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Kant.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aristotle.

10. What does the landlord say is wrong with the old man?
(a) He is fevered.
(b) He is paralyzed.
(c) He is violent.
(d) He is simple-minded.

11. Why does Queeny think the narrator has been fired from Christie's?
(a) Tardiness.
(b) Poor appearance.
(c) Stealing bread.
(d) Dishonesty.

12. Of which room is the landlord peeking through the keyhole?
(a) The living-room.
(b) The hired girl's bedroom.
(c) The sailor's bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

13. Who does the narrator realize is responsible for sending the 10-kroner note?
(a) The Chief.
(b) The Director.
(c) Hans Pauli.
(d) Ylayali.

14. About what does the narrator joke to himself as he talks to himself in his room?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Writing.
(c) Fish.
(d) His landlady.

15. With what does the narrator insist the cart of potatoes is filled?
(a) Beetroot.
(b) Lettuce.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Turnips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for abandoning his chance at warm lodgings?

2. What does the landlady give to the narrator that he refuses?

3. What is the landlady doing while the narrator is trying to write in the family-room?

4. On which floor is the narrator's guest room in the Food and Lodging for Travellers?

5. What is the Copégoro carrying to Leeds?

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