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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karl ask Pollunder about on the drive out to the country?
(a) His uncle.
(b) American customs.
(c) The business.
(d) Klara.

2. 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) How inconvenient it is to have had to come all the way out to the country.
(c) His opinion that Jakob wastes a great deal of money on Karl.
(d) His dislike of Karl's table manners and general knowledge of American etiquette.

3. What do the text's descriptions of New York and its suburbs most emphasize?
(a) The juxtaposition of people and machinery.
(b) The juxtaposition of rich and poor.
(c) Noise, crowds, and speed.
(d) Steel, concrete, and glass.

4. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?
(a) Schubal has a criminal record.
(b) Schubal is Romanian.
(c) Schubal is a Roman Catholic.
(d) Schubal drinks on the job.

5. What does Klara say she would like Karl to do for her?
(a) Teach her German.
(b) Pass a message to Jakob.
(c) Teach her jujitsu.
(d) Play some music.

6. Which is the most accurate description of the stoker's room?
(a) Cramped and poorly lit.
(b) Smelly and loud.
(c) Dirty and disorganized.
(d) Cold and damp.

7. What makes Karl uncomfortable about the building his uncle lives in?
(a) The way sound echoes.
(b) All of the large windows.
(c) The other tenants.
(d) It is made of steel.

8. When Karl imagines that his visit to the Pollunders might become "the turning point in his relationship with his uncle," what techniques are being used (57)?
(a) Foreshadowing and irony.
(b) Paradox and foreshadowing.
(c) Juxtaposition and paradox.
(d) Irony and juxtaposition.

9. What does Karl first notice about Klara when he sees her in the light?
(a) The redness of her lips.
(b) The bruise on her cheek.
(c) The lace at the throat of her dress.
(d) How large the pupils of her eyes are.

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

11. To what city does Green want to send Karl?
(a) Saint Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) San Francisco.

12. What does Klara think Karl's last name is?
(a) Brummer.
(b) Bendelmayer.
(c) Rossmann.
(d) Jakob.

13. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?
(a) He is a state senator.
(b) He is a baron.
(c) He is a United States Congressman.
(d) He is an earl.

14. How does Karl almost fall from a window at the Pollunder house?
(a) He leans out to see a bird.
(b) Klara pushes him.
(c) He loses his way in a dark hallway.
(d) He leans out to hear a train.

15. What argument does Pollunder give to persuade Jakob to let Karl come for a visit?
(a) His daughter is looking forward to the visit.
(b) Karl will have a chance to learn more about the business.
(c) His cook has already prepared dinner for a guest.
(d) Karl will have an opportunity to practice his English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob ask Karl if he has cancelled in preparation for his visit to Pollunder's?

2. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?

3. What does Jakob insist that Karl be home in the morning in time to do?

4. What kind of business does Jakob own?

5. Why does Pollunder drive down mostly side streets once they reach the suburbs?

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