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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 notebook.
(b) A photograph.
(c) The window.
(d) The captain's sword.

2. How does Karl feel when he realizes that the stoker could probably physically overpower everyone in the office?
(a) Angry.
(b) Comforted.
(c) Amused.
(d) Frightened.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?

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

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

4. How old is Karl when the narrative opens?

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

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