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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 do the narrator and engineer drink?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

2. 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.

3. Why does the narrator's friend not buy anything from him?
(a) He is unfriendly.
(b) He is uninterested.
(c) He is offended.
(d) He has no money.

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

5. What does the narrator call the editor?
(a) The Duke.
(b) The Chief.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the clerk at Semb's is wrapped in his blanket?

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

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

4. Why does the narrator give up on his idea of writing "Crimes of the Future"?

5. Who suggests to the narrator that he should ask to be locked up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator think of his banker friend?

2. Why do the passers-by anger the narrator?

3. How is the narrator feeling when he leaves the apartment?

4. Why does the narrator stop to read the late editions of the newspapers, and for what does he apply?

5. What are the narrator's worries about the word 'kuboaa'?

6. How do the hayracks treat the narrator?

7. Why do the two shopkeepers refuse the narrator money?

8. How do the policemen throughout the novel treat the narrator?

9. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

10. What happens when the narrator angrily rings the bell of a random third-floor apartment?

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