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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 do Karl and Klara get into a fight about after dinner?
(a) Klara insults Karl's ability to speak and understand English.
(b) Karl does not want to go into Klara's bedroom.
(c) Karl wants to stop to see his bedroom.
(d) Karl makes an insulting remark about the renovations of the house.

2. What do Robinson and Delamarche convince Karl to do with his good suit?
(a) Sell it to the chambermaid.
(b) Loan it to Delamarche.
(c) Leave it in the room at the inn.
(d) Pack it in his trunk.

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

4. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?
(a) Go to Chicago and work in a slaughterhouse.
(b) Go to California and pan for gold.
(c) Go back to New York and work for Jakob.
(d) Go to Boston and find work on a fishing boat.

5. What surprises Delamarche and Robinson about Karl's time in New York?
(a) He did not meet any native New Yorkers.
(b) He did not find himself a girlfriend.
(c) He learned very little English.
(d) He saw almost nothing of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karl first notice about Klara when he sees her in the light?

2. How does Karl's relationship with Rennel show that Karl has not grown much from his experiences?

3. What do Delamarche and Robinson criticize about Jakob's company?

4. When Karl is wandering through the vast Pollunder house, what is he reminded of?

5. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?

(see the answer key)

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