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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Karl when the narrative opens?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.
2. To what city does Green want to send Karl?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Saint Louis.
(d) San Francisco.
3. Which detail most clearly supports the idea that the stoker is nervous about going to the office?
(a) The picture he takes from the wall and puts in his pocket.
(b) His remarks to Line in the kitchen.
(c) The way he grabs Karl's hand to pull him out the door.
(d) His attempt to kick the rat in the corridor.
4. What is the name of Karl's riding companion?
(a) Otto.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Josef.
(d) Mak.
5. What does Klara say she would like Karl to do for her?
(a) Pass a message to Jakob.
(b) Play some music.
(c) Teach her jujitsu.
(d) Teach her German.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of Amerika?
2. What is the attitude Green takes toward Klara that so offends Karl?
3. When Karl returns to his uncle's office after gathering his things for the visit, what causes him to think his uncle is angry?
4. What has the servant woman named the child that she alleges Karl fathered?
5. In the story's opening, what does Karl realize he has left below deck?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the building in which Karl finds himself living with his uncle in New York.
2. Why is Karl on the ship?
3. What bizarre interaction does Karl have with Klara after dinner?
4. What mixed messages does Karl get from Jakob about the visit to Pollunder's country home?
5. When the attendant tells the stoker to get out of the office, what does Karl do?
6. What does Karl imagine about his parents when he is in the office with the stoker?
7. How does Schubal's manner when he enters the office tend to support the bursar's version of events?
8. How does Green's intervention keep Karl from getting back to New York on the same night he left?
9. What analogy does Jakob draw between Karl and a newborn baby?
10. How does Karl's uncle happen to be present on the ship that Karl sailed on?
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