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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Robinson and Karl tear the apartment apart looking for during Brunelda's bath?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) A key.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Money.

2. What does Robinson say prevented him and Delamarche from finding work after Karl left them outside the Occidental Hotel?
(a) Delamarche was not really interested in working.
(b) Robinson began to feel very ill.
(c) Delamarche has a criminal record.
(d) Robinson was drinking a great deal.

3. When asked by the head cook, what age does Karl claim to be?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

4. What does Karl decide is the way to satisfy Brunelda and Delamarche?
(a) Being as polite and quiet as possible.
(b) Anticipating their needs before they ask for something.
(c) Bringing them great quantities of food.
(d) Pretending not to notice how often they change their minds.

5. What book does Karl's trunk contain?
(a) A volume of Rilke's poems.
(b) A photo album from his childhood.
(c) Karl's journal.
(d) The Bible.

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

7. What does the head cook compliment Karl on?
(a) His manners.
(b) His physique.
(c) His discretion.
(d) His English.

8. What causes Karl to have second thoughts about leaving New York?
(a) The sight of an area that reminds him of Germany.
(b) His memory of his room, desk, and piano in his room in New York.
(c) Robinson and Delamarche's criticisms of Jakob's company.
(d) The way Robinson and Delamarche eat the salami without offering any to Karl.

9. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?
(a) Go back to New York and work for Jakob.
(b) Go to California and pan for gold.
(c) Go to Chicago and work in a slaughterhouse.
(d) Go to Boston and find work on a fishing boat.

10. Where does Brunelda say that Karl can sleep when he first arrives at the apartment?
(a) On a pile of curtains.
(b) Behind the closets.
(c) On the settee.
(d) In the bathtub.

11. What rule does Karl find out he has violated when he returns to his lift after escorting Robinson to the dormitory?
(a) Lift boys are supposed to report any suspicious visitors to the porter's office.
(b) Lift boys are not allowed to have others cover for them while they are away from the lifts.
(c) Lift boys are supposed to report their absence to the head waiter via telephone.
(d) Lift boys are not allowed to have visitors at the hotel.

12. On the night that Robinson comes to the hotel, where is Rennel?
(a) With Delamarche.
(b) In the dormitory.
(c) Working at his lift.
(d) In a bar in Ramses.

13. What is the likely intended purpose of the scene with the coffeepot during the morning at the inn?
(a) It contributes to the inn's eerie atmosphere.
(b) It reveals Karl's innocence and vulnerability.
(c) It is a comical portrayal of life in America.
(d) It foreshadows Robinson and Delamarche's thievery.

14. Besides the possible pay and the difficulty of getting other work, what reason does Robinson give for why Karl should accept the job?
(a) The food and drink supplied by the landlady are wonderful.
(b) Karl will get to be near Brunelda all the time.
(c) Delamarche will protect Karl from the police.
(d) It will please Delamarche and improve his mood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappoints Karl about his new job?

2. What geographic error is introduced when the three men turn to look back at New York City?

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

4. What lie does Robinson tell the police officer?

5. What does Karl do on his weekly day off?

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