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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Fragments: "Brunelda's Departure," "At a street corner Karl saw..." and "They traveled for two days...".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose holds the job the head porter calls the "most stupid work in the entire hotel" (175)?
(a) The underporters who answer guest questions.
(b) The lift boys.
(c) The errand boys who work for the underporters.
(d) The hotel detectives.

2. What objection does Karl offer when the man asks him to go inside the racetrack and ask what they are supposed to do?
(a) He does not want to bother anyone.
(b) He will have to cross the platform.
(c) He is not carrying his official documents.
(d) His English is not good enough.

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

4. What does the man transporting milk cans keep trying to do?
(a) Pull Brunelda's cover aside.
(b) Get Karl to give him some money.
(c) Tip over the cart.
(d) Get Karl to help him with his work.

5. Which detail most clearly supports the idea that the stoker is nervous about going to the office?
(a) The picture he takes from the wall and puts in his pocket.
(b) The way he grabs Karl's hand to pull him out the door.
(c) His attempt to kick the rat in the corridor.
(d) His remarks to Line in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the most accurate description of the stoker's room?

2. About how many young men have gathered at the racetrack looking for jobs?

3. Why is the landlady so reluctant to give Karl and Robinson breakfast to take back to the apartment?

4. What element of the attic room's decor does Karl spend time looking at closely?

5. At the hotel, what suggestion of Karl's causes Robinson to begin loudly weeping?

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