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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. What is the name of the quarter in which the narrator lives?
(a) Coq la Vim
(b) Lens Fromage
(c) Coq d'Boer
(d) Coq d'Or

2. How does the charity worker react when Charlie says Yvonne had twins?
(a) Slaps Yvonne
(b) Cries
(c) Kisses Yvonne
(d) Prays

3. Who are the lowest paid workers at the hotel?
(a) The cooks
(b) Plongeurs
(c) Waiters
(d) Chambermaid

4. What does the narrator say goes out of the window when people are hungry?
(a) Morals
(b) Respectability
(c) Fun
(d) Money

5. In what did Roucolle invest?
(a) A cocaine scheme
(b) A hotel
(c) A gun racket
(d) A restaurant

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the narrator take a job?

2. At what time in the afternoon does someone get fired?

3. For how many days does the narrator loaf?

4. How many days did Valenti go without eating?

5. What do the postcard sellers say they are selling?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the narrator's life get better in chapter 17?

2. How does the narrator express how tired he is in chapter 16?

3. How does Roucolle lose all of his money?

4. Describe the story Valenti tells in chapter 15.

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

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

7. Describe Boris and the narrator's interview at the Auberge.

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

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

10. In what way does the narrator claim the restaurant is successful in chapter 21?

(see the answer keys)

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