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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. Who does the narrator see first on the morning of his eviction?
(a) Sailors.
(b) Drunks.
(c) Patrolmen.
(d) Lantern-men.

2. Where had Queeny met Ylayali for the first time?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) By the river.
(d) By a bookstore.

3. What does the narrator see out of his window?
(a) Children playing.
(b) A courtyard.
(c) An apothecary.
(d) A fire.

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

5. With what does the narrator insist the cart of potatoes is filled?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Beetroot.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Turnips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Copégoro going after Leeds?

2. What is the theme of the article the narrator is writing at the beginning of Part Four?

3. With what do the landlady's daughters tease the old man?

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

5. Where does the narrator leave his offering for the boy to find?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator moved into the family room?

2. What happens when the narrator is finally kicked out?

3. How does Queeny say he knows Ylayali?

4. Who lives in the family room?

5. Why exactly does the narrator refuse the Chief's offer of an advance?

6. What happens when the narrator goes to the grocer's to ask for a candle on credit?

7. How does Queeny offend the narrator?

8. How does the narrator react to seeing Ylayali with 'The Duke'?

9. What ails the narrator at the start of Part 3?

10. Why does the narrator put himself in view of The Chief?

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