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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. What is the main source of lighting at the Pollunder home?
(a) Torches in sconces on the walls.
(b) Electric lights.
(c) Lanterns placed next to the walls.
(d) Servants standing in the hallways with candles.

2. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?
(a) A passenger called "Butterbaum" told him.
(b) He was passing by the office and heard the stoker yelling.
(c) One of the women from the kitchen told him.
(d) The attendant came to fetch him.

3. By the time dinner is over, how does Karl feel about Klara?
(a) He thinks she is more cunning and capable than she pretends.
(b) He thinks she is being taken advantage of by the men in her life.
(c) He thinks she is beautiful, but he has no interest in her.
(d) He thinks she has good manners but a bad heart.

4. Why does Pollunder drive down mostly side streets once they reach the suburbs?
(a) He is looking for an address.
(b) The main road is blocked by striking workers.
(c) The police have set up checkpoints on the main road.
(d) He wants Karl to see more of the area.

5. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?
(a) A photograph.
(b) The captain's sword.
(c) A notebook.
(d) The window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which detail most clearly supports the idea that the stoker is nervous about going to the office?

2. Who is the author of Amerika?

3. What makes Karl feel better about the early hour at which he has to get up for his riding lessons?

4. Although Karl thinks that Jakob indulges him generously, what does the narrative imply is true about Jakob's behavior toward Karl?

5. What is the attitude Green takes toward Klara that so offends Karl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bizarre interaction does Karl have with Klara after dinner?

2. What mixed messages does Karl get from Jakob about the visit to Pollunder's country home?

3. When the attendant tells the stoker to get out of the office, what does Karl do?

4. What does Karl discover about Mak on his trip to the Pollunder home?

5. In what way is Karl's experience in the Pollunder house similar to his experience onboard the ship?

6. How does Karl spend his time during his first weeks in New York?

7. Explain how Karl's inability to keep track of his possessions causes complications in "The Stoker."

8. What unexpected news does Klara give her father when he and Karl arrive at the Pollunder home, and how does Pollunder react?

9. What does Karl imagine about his parents when he is in the office with the stoker?

10. What details portray the women in the ship's kitchen as boldly flirtatious?

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