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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ylayali accuse the narrator of being?
(a) Bold.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Over-enthusiastic.
(d) Shy.

2. 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 picture frame.
(c) Her tablecloth.
(d) Her spittoon.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the character Kierulf supposed to trade?
(a) Leather.
(b) Wool.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Grain.

8. 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) His red hair.
(d) He is wearing a red cravat.

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

10. What is the Chief doing at the pier?
(a) Waiting for a train.
(b) Going fishing.
(c) Boarding a ship.
(d) Looking for the narrator.

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

12. Who is the main character of the narrator's proposed play, 'The Sign of the Cross'?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A priest.
(c) A widow.
(d) A nun.

13. What color are the hired girl's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Grey.

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

15. In what language was Hunger originally written?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Swedish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the landlady ask the narrator to look over?

3. What does the narrator think the guest who takes his room does for a living?

4. At whom does the narrator throw his money?

5. What language does the sailor on board the Copégoro speak?

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