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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind offer of the head cook's does Karl turn down on his first morning at the hotel?
(a) She offers to have another lift boy train him.
(b) She offers to give Karl the day off to explore the city.
(c) She offers to make sure he is paid more than the other lift boys.
(d) She offers to let him continue staying in her apartment.

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

4. From context clues, what can logically be inferred about what Brunelda's neighbor is studying?
(a) He is studying business.
(b) He is studying law.
(c) He is studying engineering.
(d) He is studying medicine.

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

6. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?
(a) Jakob's.
(b) Klara's.
(c) Green's.
(d) Mack's.

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

8. What do Delamarche and Robinson both say their profession is?
(a) Locksmith.
(b) Dockworker.
(c) Construction worker.
(d) Truck driver.

9. At the hotel, what does Robinson blame his illness on?
(a) The journey from Bunelda's place.
(b) Overly fancy food.
(c) The polluted city air.
(d) Drinking too much.

10. What does Therese confide in Karl that she asks him to keep secret from the head cook?
(a) That she really only enjoys her job when she is on errands in the city.
(b) She thinks it might be better if she went back to working in the kitchen.
(c) She intends to leave the Occidental Hotel as soon as she finds another job.
(d) The head cook reminds her of her deceased mother.

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

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

13. What feature of his mother's face does Karl focus on in the photograph of her and his father?
(a) Her sharp eyes.
(b) Her clenched fist.
(c) Her forced smile.
(d) Her furrowed brow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the likely intended purpose of the scene with the coffeepot during the morning at the inn?

2. What does the head cook compliment Karl on?

3. What comic detail is offered about the head porter's appearance?

4. How long is Karl away from his lift when he is taking Robinson to the dormitory?

5. What book does Karl's trunk contain?

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