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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator find in his pawned waistcoat pocket?
(a) An address.
(b) Pawnshop tickets.
(c) Money.
(d) An invitation.

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

3. What of the narrator's is whipped by the hayracks?
(a) His legs.
(b) His back.
(c) His hat.
(d) His bundle.

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

5. Who does the narrator tell the engineer the woman in black is?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His wife.
(d) His fiancée.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the narrator hear coming from the Student's Promenade?

2. What is on the menu at the Steam Kitchen?

3. What does the narrator order at the cafe in Stor Street?

4. Who does the narrator overtake as he leaves the park to return to the pawnshop?

5. What tickets does the Officer of the Day hand out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does the narrator become terrified in the dark?

2. What lie does the narrator invent to explain why he returned for the pencil?

3. How does the narrator react to the old cripple walking in front of him?

4. What practical joke does the narrator decide to play on the passing policeman?

5. Describe the narrator's fantasy of Princess Ylayali's castle.

6. Why is the narrator embarrassed by his blanket, and what does he do with it?

7. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

8. How does the narrator react to Queeny's advice on tailors?

9. Why does the narrator start crying?

10. What does the narrator find sitting on his bedside table when he returns to his old apartment?

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