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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 sign does Karl notice that causes him to feel he needs to intervene in the stoker's explanation?
(a) The men in the office are growing restless.
(b) The stoker is becoming too upset to continue speaking.
(c) The captain's face is starting to look angry.
(d) The attendant has gone out to fetch someone.

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

3. What has the servant woman named the child that she alleges Karl fathered?
(a) Lisel.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Karl.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the man with the bamboo stick ask Karl?

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

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

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

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

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