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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What apparently affectionate gesture does Pollunder make toward Karl as they drive?
(a) Pollunder repeatedly pats Karl's knee.
(b) Pollunder puts his arm around Karl.
(c) Pollunder strokes Karl's arm as they talk.
(d) Pollunder ruffles Karl's hair with his hand.

2. What are the "gilded caryatids" on the door outside the office (10)?
(a) Sculptures of women covered in gold.
(b) Ornamental flowers carved into the wood.
(c) Narrow columns that hold up the lintel.
(d) Decorative rivets made of solid gold.

3. What does the other lift boy think will be the likely outcome of Karl's interview with the head waiter?
(a) He will be forgiven and sent back to work.
(b) He will be fired.
(c) He will be docked a day's wages.
(d) He will be transferred to another job.

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

5. To whom does the head waiter place a phone call after he fires Karl?
(a) The head cook.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) A cab company.
(d) Hotel security.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Karl at the Occidental Hotel before he hears that Delamarche has been asking about him?

2. What happens as Karl steps out onto the stairs leading into the smaller boat that will take him to shore?

3. What articles of Pollunder's clothing fascinate Karl?

4. How does Karl almost fall from a window at the Pollunder house?

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

(see the answer key)

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