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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. From what is the dog's collar made?
(a) Mexican silver.
(b) Brazilian gold.
(c) Moroccan leather.
(d) Iron chains.

2. What does the narrator offer the old man who sits down on his bench?
(a) His painting.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) His coupons.
(d) A drink.

3. What does the narrator discover in the darkness of his cell?
(a) His keys.
(b) Despair.
(c) A rat.
(d) A new word.

4. On which floor of the apartment building is the pawnshop on Pile Street?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The ground floor.
(c) The basement.
(d) The attic.

5. Of what are the walls of the final chamber made in the narrator's fantasy?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Amethyst.
(c) Silver.
(d) Emerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the wastebasket in the editor's office?

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

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

4. What does the narrator call the pawnshop owner?

5. Why does the narrator's friend not buy anything from him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does the narrator tell the old man?

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

4. How does the narrator view the red rocking chair when he decides to leave his apartment for good?

5. Why does the narrator suspect Scissors of trying to drive him away?

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

7. How has the narrator's poverty already been revealed to the reader?

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

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

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

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