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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 criticism of Schubal does the captain make?
(a) Schubal is becoming too independent.
(b) Schubal is often missing from his station.
(c) Schubal needs to learn to speak better German.
(d) Schubal is rumored to favor Slovaks and Romanians.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of Amerika?

3. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?

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

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

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