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

2. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?
(a) A pair of woolen socks.
(b) A piece of salami.
(c) A 10 Pfennig coin.
(d) A cat's eye marble.

3. In the office, to whom does Karl show his passport?
(a) The captain.
(b) The chief bursar.
(c) The attendant.
(d) The American port authorities.

4. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Go back to Europe.
(c) Join a trade union.
(d) Find work out West.

5. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?
(a) Schubal drinks on the job.
(b) Schubal has a criminal record.
(c) Schubal is a Roman Catholic.
(d) Schubal is Romanian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best characterizes the stoker's explanation to the captain of his grievances against Schubal?

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

3. What has the servant woman named the child that she alleges Karl fathered?

4. How did Jakob find out about why Karl was sent to the United States?

5. In the story's opening, what does Karl realize he has left below deck?

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