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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. Of what is the woman in black's umbrella ring made?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Rubber.

3. What color are the feathers in the women's hats?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Grey.
(d) White.

4. What does the narrator decide to do to the woman?
(a) Ignore her.
(b) Frighten her.
(c) Seduce her.
(d) Steal from her.

5. Who does Queeny recommend to the narrator?
(a) His tailor.
(b) His publisher.
(c) His butcher.
(d) His seamstress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has the narrator left in the pawn shop?

3. By what is the girl shocked when she comes up to the narrator in the street?

4. What makes the narrator cry?

5. Where does the narrator try for money right after being refused by Cisler?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the hayracks treat the narrator?

2. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

3. Why does the narrator give his banker friend his tie?

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

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

6. What stories does the narrator tell to explain the package with his green blanket inside?

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

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

9. How does the narrator punish himself for nearly asking the editor for money?

10. Why is the narrator interested in the newspaper-wrapped package of the old man?

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