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

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

3. What can the narrator hear coming from the Student's Promenade?
(a) A student shouting.
(b) Voices arguing.
(c) Band music.
(d) Loud laughter.

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

5. Where is the narrator staying at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) In an abandoned blacksmith's workshop.
(b) With an elderly aunt.
(c) In an abandoned tinsmith's workshop.
(d) Near the harbour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the clerk of the grocery store wrap up for the narrator when he enters?

2. About whom is the narrator's sketch?

3. What newspaper covers the walls of the narrator's apartment?

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

5. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

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

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

10. Why does the narrator start crying?

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