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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Karl expect Robinson to be rougher looking than Delamarche?
(a) Because Delamarche is clearly afraid of Robinson.
(b) Because Robinson is Irish, while Delamarche is French.
(c) Because of the way Robinson speaks to him.
(d) Because of the remarks the innkeeper makes about Robinson.

5. What is the primary focus of the text's description of the scenery that Karl and his companions first travel through during their walk?
(a) Angry, impatient people.
(b) Color, smells, and sound.
(c) Vehicles in motion.
(d) Poverty and pollution.

6. 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 fox fur stole.
(c) A pair of white wool socks.
(d) A red hat with cardinal feathers.

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

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

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

10. As he looks at the photograph of his parents, what decision does Karl reconsider?
(a) The visit to Pollunder's.
(b) Coming to America.
(c) Taking a shared room at the inn.
(d) Refusing to write home.

11. What do Robinson and Delamarche convince Karl to do with his good suit?
(a) Loan it to Delamarche.
(b) Sell it to the chambermaid.
(c) Leave it in the room at the inn.
(d) Pack it in his trunk.

12. 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 not allowed to have visitors at the hotel.
(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 supposed to report any suspicious visitors to the porter's office.

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

14. What lie does Robinson tell the police officer?
(a) He says that Karl is a student who is boarding with Brunelda.
(b) He says that Karl is his brother-in-law who is staying with him.
(c) He says that Karl never worked at the Occidental Hotel.
(d) He says that Karl was not fired from his job at the hotel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes it so difficult for Karl to get a meal for himself and his companions at the Occidental Hotel?

2. Why is the landlady so reluctant to give Karl and Robinson breakfast to take back to the apartment?

3. What first prompted Delamarche to think of getting Karl to come work as Brunelda's servant?

4. What does Therese try to make Karl promise her?

5. What element of the attic room's decor does Karl spend time looking at closely?

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