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

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

3. What does the narrator make a habit of eating to stave off hunger?
(a) Insects.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Grass.
(d) Wood shavings.

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

5. What does the clerk of the grocery store wrap up for the narrator when he enters?
(a) A candle.
(b) Some milk.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) Some fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business does Fabian Olsen own?

2. What is the old man's profession?

3. What do the narrator and engineer drink?

4. What does the narrator call the editor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the narrator's worries about the word 'kuboaa'?

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

3. How do the hayracks treat the narrator?

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

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

6. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

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

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

9. What practical joke does the narrator decide to play on the passing policeman?

10. How does the narrator treat the two women?

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