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

2. What is the weather like on the morning of the narrator's date with Ylayali?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Stormy.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Cloudy.

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

4. With what does the narrator insist the cart of potatoes is filled?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Beetroot.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Turnips.

5. Who starts singing while the narrator is staring out of the window?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The landlady.
(c) The evicted family.
(d) The landlady's hired girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the character Kierulf supposed to trade?

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

3. Who is the main character of the narrator's proposed play, 'The Sign of the Cross'?

4. What does the narrator want to do before leaving Ylayali?

5. For what does Ylayali reach that tells the narrator she wants him to leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who lives in the family room?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What convinces the narrator that he is sane?

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