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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 Copégoro carrying to Leeds?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Grain.
(c) Coal.
(d) Wool.

2. In what language was Hunger originally written?
(a) Swedish.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Norwegian.

3. What does the landlord say is wrong with the old man?
(a) He is fevered.
(b) He is violent.
(c) He is simple-minded.
(d) He is paralyzed.

4. Of which room is the landlord peeking through the keyhole?
(a) The hired girl's bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The living-room.
(d) The sailor's bedroom.

5. Who is the main character of the narrator's proposed play, 'The Sign of the Cross'?
(a) A priest.
(b) A widow.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prominent feature of the man spitting onto the child playing in the street?

2. What does the narrator knock over as he struggles with Ylayali?

3. About what does the narrator joke to himself as he talks to himself in his room?

4. Where does the narrator pass as he walks home from stealing a cab ride?

5. Who tries breaking up the children's fight physically?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the narrator is finally kicked out?

2. Describe how the narrator leaves Ylayali's apartment.

3. Why is the captain of the Copégoro reluctant to hire the narrator, and what is his compromise?

4. Who lives in the family room?

5. Why exactly does the narrator refuse the Chief's offer of an advance?

6. Why does the narrator still try to force himself upon Ylayali?

7. How does the narrator react to seeing Ylayali with 'The Duke'?

8. What ails the narrator at the start of Part 3?

9. Why do you think Ylayali is disappointed in the narrator?

10. Why do Ylayali and the narrator go up to her apartment?

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