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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 season is it at the beginning of Part Four?

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

3. What does the sailor say they need?

4. What kind of cake does the narrator take from the seller's table?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Queeny offend the narrator?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What do you think are the main mistakes the narrator makes in the novel? Why does he keep missing opportunities for food and money? How would you react in a similar situation?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting. What were the main social concerns of that period in Europe, and how do they relate to the narrator's experience? How would the story change if it were set today?

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