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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The cozy warmth of his parents' home in Germany.
(d) Families on the east side of the city who live crowded together in one room.

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

3. What is the large room that Karl sees over the balustrade?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A ballroom.
(c) A chapel.
(d) The foyer.

4. What question does the man with the bamboo stick ask Karl?
(a) What his name is.
(b) Whether he has lost a trunk.
(c) Whether he is German.
(d) Why he is in America.

5. 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.

6. How many offices does Jakob keep in the building he lives in?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

7. What happens as Karl steps out onto the stairs leading into the smaller boat that will take him to shore?
(a) He shouts with joy.
(b) He stumbles and almost falls.
(c) He bursts into tears.
(d) He sees a drowned rat.

8. How does Karl feel when he realizes that the stoker could probably physically overpower everyone in the office?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Comforted.
(d) Amused.

9. What is the first thing Green discusses with the group during dinner at the Pollunder house?
(a) His opinion that Jakob wastes a great deal of money on Karl.
(b) How inconvenient it is to have had to come all the way out to the country.
(c) His dislike of Karl's table manners and general knowledge of American etiquette.
(d) How surprising it is that Jakob allowed Karl to visit.

10. In the office, to whom does Karl show his passport?
(a) The captain.
(b) The attendant.
(c) The chief bursar.
(d) The American port authorities.

11. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?
(a) A pair of woolen socks.
(b) A cat's eye marble.
(c) A 10 Pfennig coin.
(d) A piece of salami.

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

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

14. When Karl calls Klara a "wild cat," what technique is being used?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the "gilded caryatids" on the door outside the office (10)?

4. When Schubal enters the office, what is he wearing?

5. What does Klara say she would like Karl to do for her?

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