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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 say people can get much better food?
(a) In hospitals
(b) On the streets
(c) In their homes
(d) In homeless shelters

2. How many hours a day does the narrator work at the restaurant?
(a) 7
(b) 17
(c) 5
(d) 13

3. Where is the tenant squashing bugs?
(a) In the shower
(b) On the wall
(c) On the floor
(d) In the reception area

4. Which character reappears in this chapter?
(a) The Jew
(b) Bono
(c) Charlie
(d) Boris

5. What does the landlady tell her tenant not to do?
(a) Squash bugs
(b) Flush the toilet at night
(c) Yell
(d) Play music

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day does the narrator work at the hotel?

2. What does the narrator do to earn money?

3. In what did Roucolle invest?

4. What is the name of the quarter in which the narrator lives?

5. For how long does the narrator work at the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is poverty affecting the narrator's life?

2. What does the narrator say are his best and worst days working at the hotel?

3. What decision does Boris make in chapter 7?

4. Describe the ghetto where the narrator lives.

5. How does the narrator spend his last days in Paris?

6. Describe the narrator's routine as a plongeur.

7. Describe the story Charlie tells in chapter 18?

8. In what way is a plongeur no better than a slave?

9. How does Charlie save the day in chapter 18?

10. How do Boris and the narrator pass the time while they wait for the restaurant to open?

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