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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) What his name is.
(b) Whether he has lost a trunk.
(c) Whether he is German.
(d) Why he is in America.

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

3. Which word best characterizes the stoker's explanation to the captain of his grievances against Schubal?
(a) Startling.
(b) Precise.
(c) Rambling.
(d) Respectful.

4. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?
(a) His occupation.
(b) His nationality.
(c) His name.
(d) His religion.

5. Who is the author of Amerika?
(a) Hermann Hesse.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) Günter Grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign does Karl notice that causes him to feel he needs to intervene in the stoker's explanation?

2. Which detail most clearly supports the idea that the stoker is nervous about going to the office?

3. What happens as Karl steps out onto the stairs leading into the smaller boat that will take him to shore?

4. According to the stoker, when is it most likely that a person would become a stoker?

5. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?

(see the answer key)

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