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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter I, "The Stoker".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A notebook.
(c) The captain's sword.
(d) The window.

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

3. What is the stoker's job?
(a) He makes sure the ship is on course.
(b) He carries passenger luggage.
(c) He tends the fire that powers the ship.
(d) He assists the head chef.

4. In the story's opening, what does Karl realize he has left below deck?
(a) His hat.
(b) His trunk.
(c) His umbrella.
(d) His walking stick.

5. What question does the man with the bamboo stick ask Karl?
(a) Whether he has lost a trunk.
(b) Whether he is German.
(c) What his name is.
(d) Why he is in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the most accurate description of the stoker's room?

2. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?

3. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?

4. What are the "gilded caryatids" on the door outside the office (10)?

5. How old is Karl when the narrative opens?

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