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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 newspaper covers the walls of the narrator's apartment?
(a) The Morning Times.
(b) Evening Standard.
(c) Boston Post.
(d) New York Herald.

2. What does the waitress offer to buy the narrator?
(a) A glass of milk.
(b) A bowl of soup.
(c) His meal.
(d) A glass of beer.

3. What does the narrator make from the blank piece of paper in his pocket?
(a) A cornucopia.
(b) An envelope.
(c) A boat.
(d) A bird.

4. Why can't the narrator sell his glasses?
(a) They're steel-rimmed.
(b) They're broken.
(c) They're scratched.
(d) They're bent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give to the policeman for sitting on the house stoop?

2. What makes the narrator cry?

3. Where is the editor sitting when the narrator arrives back at the newspaper office?

4. What does the narrator order at the cafe in Stor Street?

5. What is the stonecutter wearing in the Cemetery of Christ?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator embarrassed by his blanket, and what does he do with it?

2. How does the narrator treat the two women?

3. Of what does the narrator become terrified in the dark?

4. How does the narrator punish himself for nearly asking the editor for money?

5. For what does C. Zacharias Bartel think the narrator has visited him, and why does he not want the narrator to see it?

6. What criticism does the editor give the narrator over his articles?

7. Why is the narrator put into a reserved cell?

8. Describe the narrator's fantasy of Princess Ylayali's castle.

9. Why is the narrator glad when the stable-boy asks him for five kroner?

10. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

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