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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator go into the grocery shop again after taking the extra change?
(a) To try and get more.
(b) To borrow another candle.
(c) To confess.
(d) To steal a loaf of bread.

2. Who does the narrator realize is responsible for sending the 10-kroner note?
(a) Ylayali.
(b) The Director.
(c) The Chief.
(d) Hans Pauli.

3. For what does Ylayali reach that tells the narrator she wants him to leave?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her cape.
(c) Her shawl.
(d) Her blouse.

4. What is the Copégoro unloading?
(a) Coal.
(b) Grain.
(c) Salt.
(d) Wood.

5. How does the narrator see Ylayali when she reaches her hand out to him as he leaves?
(a) With adoration.
(b) With loathing.
(c) With mistrust.
(d) With fear.

6. At whom does the narrator throw his money?
(a) A cake-seller.
(b) A beggar.
(c) His landlady.
(d) The police.

7. For what does the narrator ask from the lame man at the railway pier?
(a) Milk.
(b) Money.
(c) Bread.
(d) Tobacco.

8. What does the landlady ask the narrator to look over?
(a) An eviction notice.
(b) A letter.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A grocery bill.

9. What does Ylayali accuse the narrator of being?
(a) Over-enthusiastic.
(b) Shy.
(c) Bold.
(d) Stupid.

10. What is the prominent feature of the man spitting onto the child playing in the street?
(a) He is wearing a top hat.
(b) His red hair.
(c) His red beard.
(d) He is wearing a red cravat.

11. What reason does the narrator give for abandoning his chance at warm lodgings?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Pride.

12. Who is the cripple on the railway pier?
(a) Jans the stable boy.
(b) The editor.
(c) Queeny.
(d) The welt-binder.

13. What does the landlord call the old man?
(a) Old goat.
(b) Old donkey.
(c) Old pig.
(d) Old horse.

14. What does the narrator want to do before leaving Ylayali?
(a) Laugh at her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Slap her.
(d) Kneel before her.

15. What kind of cheese had the landlady bought?
(a) Emmentaler.
(b) Gouda.
(c) Cheddar.
(d) Caraway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like on the morning of the narrator's date with Ylayali?

2. On which floor is the narrator's guest room in the Food and Lodging for Travellers?

3. What is the landlady doing while the narrator is trying to write in the family-room?

4. What does the landlord say is wrong with the old man?

5. About what does the narrator joke to himself as he talks to himself in his room?

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