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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter IV, "The March to Ramses," and Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Karl eating at the end of Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel"?
(a) Salami.
(b) A banana.
(c) An apple.
(d) Cheese.

2. How did Jakob find out about why Karl was sent to the United States?
(a) One of Karl's neighbors wrote to him.
(b) Johanna Brummer wrote to him.
(c) Karl's mother wrote to him.
(d) Karl's father wrote to him.

3. What job did Therese perform so well that she caught the head cook's attention and was offered the job of secretary?
(a) Bargaining with vendors.
(b) Taking inventory.
(c) Lighting candles.
(d) Arranging napkins.

4. What do Delamarche and Robinson both say their profession is?
(a) Dockworker.
(b) Truck driver.
(c) Locksmith.
(d) Construction worker.

5. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?
(a) Go to California and pan for gold.
(b) Go back to New York and work for Jakob.
(c) Go to Boston and find work on a fishing boat.
(d) Go to Chicago and work in a slaughterhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city does Green want to send Karl?

2. How does Karl almost fall from a window at the Pollunder house?

3. When Schubal enters the office, what is he wearing?

4. What causes Karl to have second thoughts about leaving New York?

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

(see the answer key)

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