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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. Who tries breaking up the children's fight physically?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The landlady's son.
(c) The landlady.
(d) A policeman.

2. What does the narrator want to give to the small boy who had been spat upon?
(a) His pencil.
(b) A letter.
(c) A krone.
(d) His last cake.

3. What kind of cheese had the landlady bought?
(a) Caraway.
(b) Cheddar.
(c) Gouda.
(d) Emmentaler.

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

5. What does the narrator want to do before leaving Ylayali?
(a) Slap her.
(b) Laugh at her.
(c) Kneel before her.
(d) Kiss her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does the narrator hear when he is working in the sailor's room?

2. In what language was Hunger originally written?

3. With what do the landlady's daughters tease the old man?

4. What is the weather like on the morning of the narrator's date with Ylayali?

5. Of which room is the landlord peeking through the keyhole?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator put himself in view of The Chief?

3. Why does the narrator not speak to the woman in black when he first sees her outside his apartment?

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

5. Why does the narrator not eat all of his cakes?

6. How does the narrator dodge the street whore's invitation?

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

8. What happens when the narrator goes to the grocer's to ask for a candle on credit?

9. Where does the narrator decide to live?

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

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