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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. Regardless of which dress she has on, what other item of clothing does Brunelda usually wear?
(a) A red hat with cardinal feathers.
(b) A pair of white wool socks.
(c) A pair of men's slippers.
(d) A fox fur stole.
2. When Karl is wandering through the vast Pollunder house, what is he reminded of?
(a) The many floors of offices in his uncle's building.
(b) The sprawling interior of the ship he traveled to America on.
(c) Families on the east side of the city who live crowded together in one room.
(d) The cozy warmth of his parents' home in Germany.
3. What disappoints Karl about his new job?
(a) The only contact he has with the elevator's machinery is pushing a button.
(b) He cannot figure out how to polish the elevator brass as well as Rennel does.
(c) He is assigned to an elevator that does not serve the hotel's richer clients.
(d) The manual explicitly forbids sleeping in the elevator during slow hours.
4. When asked by the head cook, what age does Karl claim to be?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.
5. When Karl tries to use some New York expressions during dinner with Green and Pollunder, what is their response?
(a) They are amused.
(b) They are puzzled.
(c) They are offended.
(d) They are impressed.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Karl is in the office and notices that it is a quarter past six, what does he begin to hope will happen?
2. When he is in the office talking with the head waiter and the head porter, what does Karl believe is the cause of most of their accusations against him?
3. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?
4. How does Karl almost fall from a window at the Pollunder house?
5. When Delamarche appears on the street to find out what is happening with the hired car, what is he wearing?
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