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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comic detail is offered about the head porter's appearance?
(a) His uniform hat is so tall that it is continually toppling from his head.
(b) His clothing is so richly decorated that it makes it hard for him to move.
(c) His beard is so shiny with wax that it looks as if it is soaking wet.
(d) His ears stick out from the sides of his heads like teacup handles.

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

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

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

5. What does Therese try to make Karl promise her?
(a) That he will ask the head waiter about a promotion.
(b) That he will not speak to Delamarche again.
(c) That he will study harder for the business correspondence course.
(d) That he will not leave the Occidental without her.

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

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

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

9. 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) The money he has left in her safe.
(c) A clean new suit.
(d) The business correspondence manual.

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

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

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 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 not allowed to have visitors at the hotel.
(d) Lift boys are supposed to report their absence to the head waiter via telephone.

13. What job did Therese perform so well that she caught the head cook's attention and was offered the job of secretary?
(a) Arranging napkins.
(b) Lighting candles.
(c) Taking inventory.
(d) Bargaining with vendors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gossip starts to go around the Occidental about Rennel?

2. What is the cause of the crowd gathering in the street outside the apartment on the first night that Karl spends there?

3. What does Robinson say prevented him and Delamarche from finding work after Karl left them outside the Occidental Hotel?

4. When Karl realizes that he is going to be fired despite two months of exemplary work, what does he realize is true about life?

5. What do Robinson and Karl tear the apartment apart looking for during Brunelda's bath?

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