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

2. What kind of job opening does the narrator see?
(a) Acting.
(b) Bookkeeping.
(c) Storekeeping.
(d) Gardening.

3. What has the narrator lost when he arrives back home?
(a) His manuscript.
(b) A letter.
(c) His hat.
(d) His keys.

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

5. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?
(a) A glass of milk.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) A pair of shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator intend to buy with the remaining money?

2. What does the narrator find in his pawned waistcoat pocket?

3. What do the narrator and engineer drink?

4. What color are the feathers in the women's hats?

5. Who does the narrator think wakes him up the evening after sleeping by the church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

5. How does the narrator react to the organ-grinder's daughter's silence?

6. Why does the narrator become annoyed with the old man?

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

8. How does the narrator treat the two women?

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

10. For what does C. Zacharias Bartel think the narrator has visited him, and why does he not want the narrator to see it?

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