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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 kind of speech does Furex give every Saturday?
(a) History
(b) Religious
(c) Political
(d) Funny

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

3. Why is the patron impressed with the narrator?
(a) He has traveled
(b) He is English
(c) He is a writer
(d) He supports Manchester Ltd

4. What is the main problem at the restaurant?
(a) It is understaffed
(b) It is underpaid
(c) There is nowhere to sleep
(d) It is cold

5. How big is Boris' room?
(a) 8x8
(b) 12x12
(c) 10x7
(d) 10x10

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many gas stoves are there in the restaurant kitchen?

3. Where do the staff go to get some fresh air?

4. What does the narrator do when he witnesses a murder?

5. How much money is the narrator living on a day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way is Boris in bad shape in chapter 5?

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

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

6. Why is the narrator berated for wearing a mustache in chapter 13?

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

8. What illusion does the narrator say the success of the restaurant destroys in chapter 21?

9. Describe the narrator's job at the hotel.

10. How does Roucolle lose all of his money?

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