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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the clerk of the grocery store wrap up for the narrator when he enters?

2. Where is the narrator sitting at the beginning of Part Two?

3. What does the pawnbroker have attached to his door that makes a distinctive sound?

4. For what change does the editor ask in the sketch?

5. What does the narrator order at the cafe in Stor Street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the narrator's worries about the word 'kuboaa'?

2. Why do the two shopkeepers refuse the narrator money?

3. Why do the passers-by anger the narrator?

4. What happens when the narrator angrily rings the bell of a random third-floor apartment?

5. How does the narrator punish himself for nearly asking the editor for money?

6. What does the narrator find sitting on his bedside table when he returns to his old apartment?

7. How does the narrator react to Queeny's advice on tailors?

8. How is the narrator feeling when he leaves the apartment?

9. Why is the narrator interested in the newspaper-wrapped package of the old man?

10. Why does the narrator become annoyed with the old man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Hunger is written in the first person. Why do you think the author chose this voice? How do you think the effect of the book would be changed were the book written in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book. How does the author drive the narrative? How does the book's structure express the book's themes?

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