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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. For what does Ylayali reach that tells the narrator she wants him to leave?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her cape.
(c) Her shawl.
(d) Her blouse.

2. What does the narrator do as he walks out backwards?
(a) Bumps his shoulder.
(b) Trips and falls.
(c) Bumps his head.
(d) Collapses on his injured foot.

3. What does the narrator want to portray burning in a bookshop?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Brains.
(c) History.
(d) The poor.

4. About what does the narrator joke to himself as he talks to himself in his room?
(a) Cheese.
(b) His landlady.
(c) Writing.
(d) Fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for abandoning his chance at warm lodgings?

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

3. What does the sailor say they need?

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

5. Of what object belonging to Ylayali's does the narrator think when he sees the green-haired Christ on the wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. A few days later, why is the narrator still sleeping in the family room?

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

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

4. Where does the narrator decide to live?

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

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

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

8. How does Queeny offend the narrator?

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

10. What happens to make the narrator lose faith in his play?

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