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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 is the old man's profession?
(a) A builder.
(b) A welt binder.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A tanner.

2. What does the narrator tell Queeny is in his package?
(a) Food.
(b) Leather.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Paper.

3. Where does the narrator tell the old man he lives?
(a) Royal Gardens.
(b) St. Olaf's Place.
(c) Karl Johan Street.
(d) Graensen Street.

4. What does the waitress offer to buy the narrator?
(a) A glass of beer.
(b) A glass of milk.
(c) A bowl of soup.
(d) His meal.

5. What physical feature of the woman outside the butcher's shop nauseates the narrator?
(a) Her scarred face.
(b) An amputated leg.
(c) Her single eye.
(d) Her single yellow tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator decide to sleep for the night?

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

3. For whom does the woman mistake the narrator?

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

5. Of what in particular is the narrator frightened?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the narrator's apartment at the beginning of the novel.

4. Why is the narrator put into a reserved cell?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the narrator decide to return to his old apartment?

10. What criticism does the editor give the narrator over his articles?

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