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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 name of the ship about which the narrator asks the cripple?
(a) The Nun.
(b) The Donau.
(c) Copégoro.
(d) Christiana.

2. Where does the narrator recognize the cake-seller working?
(a) Railway pier.
(b) Elephant Apothecary.
(c) St. Olaf's Place.
(d) Church of Our Saviour.

3. What does the landlord call the old man?
(a) Old goat.
(b) Old pig.
(c) Old donkey.
(d) Old horse.

4. Where is the Copégoro going after Leeds?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Cadiz.
(c) Tangiers.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Queeny think the narrator has been fired from Christie's?

2. What happens to the narrator after visiting the grocer's for the second time?

3. What color dress is Ylayali wearing when the narrator sees her with The Duke?

4. How does the narrator see Ylayali when she reaches her hand out to him as he leaves?

5. Where does the narrator resort to writing after losing his room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator that makes him aware of his mental sluggishness?

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

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

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

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

6. Why is the narrator moved into the family room?

7. What convinces the narrator that he is sane?

8. Who lives in the family room?

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

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

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