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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter IV, "The March to Ramses," and Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Karl's uniform wet when he first tries it on?
(a) From the plumbing leak it was used to stop.
(b) From the coffee the tailor spilled.
(c) From the sweat of its previous wearer.
(d) From the broken dryer in the hotel laundry.

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

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

4. What disappoints Karl about his new job?
(a) The manual explicitly forbids sleeping in the elevator during slow hours.
(b) The only contact he has with the elevator's machinery is pushing a button.
(c) He cannot figure out how to polish the elevator brass as well as Rennel does.
(d) He is assigned to an elevator that does not serve the hotel's richer clients.

5. When Karl returns to his uncle's office after gathering his things for the visit, what causes him to think his uncle is angry?
(a) His uncle is tapping his hands against his knees repeatedly.
(b) His uncle's face is red, as if he has been shouting.
(c) His uncle has already left the room.
(d) His uncle does not look him in the eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main source of lighting at the Pollunder home?

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

3. What is the name of Karl's riding companion?

4. After dinner, what does Karl begin to suspect caused his uncle to be so reluctant about his visit to the Pollunder home?

5. During the dinner with Pollunder and Green, what is their treatment of Karl compared to?

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