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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator think wakes him up the evening after sleeping by the church?
(a) The vicar.
(b) An old friend.
(c) A policeman.
(d) His old landlady.

2. What does the narrator tell Queeny is in his package?
(a) Cloth.
(b) Food.
(c) Paper.
(d) Leather.

3. About whom is the narrator's sketch?
(a) Correggio.
(b) Borromini.
(c) Watteau.
(d) Boucher.

4. Where does the narrator try for money right after being refused by Cisler?
(a) An old friend.
(b) A priest.
(c) His landlord.
(d) A yarn shop.

5. What are the two gentlemen doing while sitting on the narrator's seat?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

6. Of what country does the narrator say his landlord was Prime Minister?
(a) Persia.
(b) Turkey.
(c) India.
(d) China.

7. What does the narrator try to give to the organ-grinder's daughter for her father?
(a) His waistcoat.
(b) A lecture.
(c) A cake.
(d) His purse.

8. What does the narrator leave behind when he is asked to move on by the policeman?
(a) His hat.
(b) His waistcoat.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His papers.

9. What does the narrator discover in the darkness of his cell?
(a) A rat.
(b) His keys.
(c) Despair.
(d) A new word.

10. What does the narrator say his landlord does for a profession?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A businessman.
(c) A stevedore.
(d) A shipworker.

11. Why does the narrator's friend not buy anything from him?
(a) He is unfriendly.
(b) He is uninterested.
(c) He has no money.
(d) He is offended.

12. What is on the menu at the Steam Kitchen?
(a) Fish.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Corned meat.

13. Hans Pauli Pettersen is the son of whom?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A cabinet minister.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A policeman.

14. Where does the narrator decide to sleep for the night?
(a) His old apartment.
(b) With family.
(c) An inn.
(d) The woods.

15. Where does the narrator say he is sending the package?
(a) Tangiers.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Smyrna.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of the narrator's is whipped by the hayracks?

2. To what does the narrator liken the old man as he climbs the hill?

3. From what is the dog's collar made?

4. Of what is the woman in black's umbrella ring made?

5. What makes the narrator cry?

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