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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Delamarche and Robinson doing when they met Brunelda?
(a) Begging.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Working.

2. What causes Karl to have second thoughts about leaving New York?
(a) The sight of an area that reminds him of Germany.
(b) Robinson and Delamarche's criticisms of Jakob's company.
(c) The way Robinson and Delamarche eat the salami without offering any to Karl.
(d) His memory of his room, desk, and piano in his room in New York.

3. What does Karl ask Pollunder about on the drive out to the country?
(a) Klara.
(b) American customs.
(c) The business.
(d) His uncle.

4. When Karl returns to his uncle's office after gathering his things for the visit, what causes him to think his uncle is angry?
(a) His uncle does not look him in the eye.
(b) His uncle is tapping his hands against his knees repeatedly.
(c) His uncle's face is red, as if he has been shouting.
(d) His uncle has already left the room.

5. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?
(a) Green's.
(b) Klara's.
(c) Jakob's.
(d) Mack's.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?

2. Besides the possible pay and the difficulty of getting other work, what reason does Robinson give for why Karl should accept the job?

3. How did one of Brunelda's former servants lose his front tooth?

4. What is the primary focus of the text's description of the scenery that Karl and his companions first travel through during their walk?

5. Why is the landlady so reluctant to give Karl and Robinson breakfast to take back to the apartment?

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