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

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

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

4. 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 attendant has gone out to fetch someone.
(d) The captain's face is starting to look angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?

4. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?

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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