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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 foreshadows Robinson and Delamarche's thievery.
(c) It reveals Karl's innocence and vulnerability.
(d) It is a comical portrayal of life in America.

3. What information do Karl's first remarks to Delamarche and Robinson unintentionally give away?
(a) He is polite and easy-going and will be no trouble to share a room with.
(b) He is a recent German immigrant with few prospects in life.
(c) He is naive and may have resources they can take advantage of.
(d) He is sociable and genuinely interested in other people.

4. What do Karl's thoughts as he prepares to open his trunk for the first time in two months reveal about him?
(a) His love for his parents is stronger than his anger at them.
(b) He does not fully understand how precarious his situation is.
(c) His plans for the future are wildly unrealistic.
(d) He is still a terrible judge of character.

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

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

7. What gossip starts to go around the Occidental about Rennel?
(a) He is engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a guest.
(b) He is pilfering small items from guests' rooms.
(c) He is about to be promoted to the hotel waitstaff.
(d) He is really the son of the hotel's owner.

8. How does Delamarche wake Karl in the morning?
(a) He drops the lid of Karl's trunk.
(b) He tickles Karl under the arm.
(c) He tips Karl's chair backward.
(d) He whispers in Karl's ear.

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

10. 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 others cover for them while they are away from the lifts.
(d) Lift boys are not allowed to have visitors at the hotel.

11. What does the head cook tell Karl that he does not "seem the type" for?
(a) Studying at a university.
(b) Deserting his companions.
(c) Working at a menial job.
(d) Wandering around the country.

12. Why does Delamarche say that the neighborhood he is currently living in is ideal?
(a) There is a bar across the street.
(b) It is quiet.
(c) It is cheap.
(d) Brunelda's ex-husband is afraid to come there.

13. Regardless of which dress she has on, what other item of clothing does Brunelda usually wear?
(a) A red hat with cardinal feathers.
(b) A pair of white wool socks.
(c) A fox fur stole.
(d) A pair of men's slippers.

14. How did one of Brunelda's former servants lose his front tooth?
(a) Delamarche punched him in the face.
(b) Brunelda's ex-husband shoved him into a wall.
(c) Brunelda threw a hot water bottle at him.
(d) He tripped over Brunelda's little dog.

15. After whom is the fictional town of Ramses named?
(a) An Arabic mathematician.
(b) A German prince.
(c) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(d) A Dutch pirate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Therese confide in Karl that she asks him to keep secret from the head cook?

2. Why are Karl and Robinson sent out to the balcony shortly after they arrive at the apartment?

3. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?

4. What is the primary focus of the text's description of the scenery that Karl and his companions first travel through during their walk?

5. What compliment does Karl offer Therese about her job?

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