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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter II, "The Uncle," and Chapter III, "A Country House Outside New York".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What makes Karl uncomfortable about the building his uncle lives in?
(a) The way sound echoes.
(b) It is made of steel.
(c) All of the large windows.
(d) The other tenants.

3. According to the stoker, when is it most likely that a person would become a stoker?
(a) When the person has not really made up their mind about taking the job yet.
(b) When the person accidentally meets someone who is already a stoker.
(c) When the person has been sent away from home all by themselves.
(d) When the person is down on their luck and has run out of options.

4. What is the name of Karl's riding companion?
(a) Mak.
(b) Josef.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Otto.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?

3. What argument does Pollunder give to persuade Jakob to let Karl come for a visit?

4. What item of his does Karl expect to find in the dining room?

5. Besides the letter and his trunk, what else does Pollunder give Karl?

(see the answer key)

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