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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were Delamarche and Robinson doing when they met Brunelda?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Begging.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Working.

3. What does the head cook promise to bring Karl on the day following his firing?
(a) The address of another hotel he can work at.
(b) A clean new suit.
(c) The business correspondence manual.
(d) The money he has left in her safe.

4. What does it mean that the head waiter has a "choleric" temperament?
(a) He processes information slowly.
(b) He is easily confused.
(c) He is cold and cynical.
(d) He has a hot temper.

5. What does the policeman's repetition of Karl's name make Karl think is true?
(a) The policeman is prejudiced against Germans.
(b) The hotel is trying to have him traced.
(c) The policeman suspects him of something.
(d) The policeman is not very quick-witted.

6. Why does the chauffeur ask Karl for money after they arrive at their destination?
(a) Because he will have to pay to clean the car after having Robinson in it.
(b) Because the other lift boys took the money Karl gave them to hire the car with.
(c) Because he had to wait a long time with Robinson before Karl left the hotel.
(d) Because Robinson promised him a handsome tip if he got to their destination quickly.

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

8. Why is Karl so useful to Therese when she is running errands in the city?
(a) He can protect her from the advances of men in the city.
(b) He is more confident in dealing with the businesses they enter.
(c) He has a much better sense of direction than Therese does.
(d) He is able to carry much heavier loads than she can.

9. Who is the woman that eventually helps Karl get something to eat?
(a) The desk clerk.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A hotel guest.
(d) The head cook.

10. What first prompted Delamarche to think of getting Karl to come work as Brunelda's servant?
(a) The apartment was getting too dirty.
(b) Rennel suggested it and explained how to get Karl fired.
(c) He found the photograph that he stole from Karl.
(d) Robinson threatened to quit if he did not get some help.

11. What is Karl eating at the end of Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel"?
(a) A banana.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Salami.
(d) An apple.

12. What disappoints Karl about his new job?
(a) The manual explicitly forbids sleeping in the elevator during slow hours.
(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 only contact he has with the elevator's machinery is pushing a button.

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

14. 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 supposed to report their absence to the head waiter via telephone.
(c) Lift boys are not allowed to have visitors at the hotel.
(d) Lift boys are not allowed to have others cover for them while they are away from the lifts.

15. What does Robinson tell Karl that Brunelda is talented at?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robinson appears at the hotel, what does Karl see sticking out of Robinson's pocket?

2. After whom is the fictional town of Ramses named?

3. What lie does Robinson tell the police officer?

4. Regardless of which dress she has on, what other item of clothing does Brunelda usually wear?

5. How does Karl's relationship with Rennel show that Karl has not grown much from his experiences?

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