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

2. Where does Brunelda say that Karl can sleep when he first arrives at the apartment?
(a) On the settee.
(b) On a pile of curtains.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) Behind the closets.

3. What does the head cook promise to bring Karl on the day following his firing?
(a) A clean new suit.
(b) The address of another hotel he can work at.
(c) The business correspondence manual.
(d) The money he has left in her safe.

4. What disappoints Karl about his new job?
(a) The only contact he has with the elevator's machinery is pushing a button.
(b) The manual explicitly forbids sleeping in the elevator during slow hours.
(c) He cannot figure out how to polish the elevator brass as well as Rennel does.
(d) He is assigned to an elevator that does not serve the hotel's richer clients.

5. When Robinson appears at the hotel, what does Karl see sticking out of Robinson's pocket?
(a) A letter.
(b) A brandy bottle.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What compliment does Karl offer Therese about her job?

2. What surprises Delamarche and Robinson about Karl's time in New York?

3. What job did Therese perform so well that she caught the head cook's attention and was offered the job of secretary?

4. What does the head cook tell Karl that he does not "seem the type" for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What shared background do Karl and the head cook discover they have?

2. How do Delamarche and Robinson persuade Karl to accompany them in the morning?

3. What is ironic about Karl's actions with his trunk during the night he spends in the inn after leaving Pollunder's house?

4. Why does Karl have a hard time sleeping when he is living at the Occidental Hotel?

5. Describe Robinson's appearance at the Occidental Hotel in Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair."

6. Explain how Karl ends up losing the photograph of his parents.

7. Describe the interior of Brunelda's apartment.

8. How does Robinson end up in Rennel's bed in the dormitory?

9. What is ironic about Karl getting in trouble for being away from his lift?

10. What do Karl's actions while he is fetching and serving breakfast demonstrate about his character?

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