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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. What is the first thing Green discusses with the group during dinner at the Pollunder house?
(a) How surprising it is that Jakob allowed Karl to visit.
(b) His dislike of Karl's table manners and general knowledge of American etiquette.
(c) How inconvenient it is to have had to come all the way out to the country.
(d) His opinion that Jakob wastes a great deal of money on Karl.

2. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Find work out West.
(c) Join a trade union.
(d) Go back to Europe.

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

4. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?
(a) His name.
(b) His nationality.
(c) His occupation.
(d) His religion.

5. How old is Karl when the narrative opens?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klara think Karl's last name is?

2. What feature of his mother's face does Karl focus on in the photograph of her and his father?

3. What kind of business does Jakob own?

4. What makes Karl uncomfortable about the building his uncle lives in?

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?

(see the answer key)

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