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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 causes Karl to have second thoughts about leaving New York?
(a) The sight of an area that reminds him of Germany.
(b) The way Robinson and Delamarche eat the salami without offering any to Karl.
(c) Robinson and Delamarche's criticisms of Jakob's company.
(d) His memory of his room, desk, and piano in his room in New York.

2. Why is Karl's uniform wet when he first tries it on?
(a) From the sweat of its previous wearer.
(b) From the coffee the tailor spilled.
(c) From the broken dryer in the hotel laundry.
(d) From the plumbing leak it was used to stop.

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

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

5. To whom does the head waiter place a phone call after he fires Karl?
(a) The hotel manager.
(b) Hotel security.
(c) A cab company.
(d) The head cook.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Delamarche say that the neighborhood he is currently living in is ideal?

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

4. On the night that Robinson comes to the hotel, where is Rennel?

5. What do Karl's thoughts as he prepares to open his trunk for the first time in two months reveal about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other locations is the description of the suburban Ramses apartment building meant to evoke, and what is the similarity between these locations?

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

3. What annoys Karl about finding the salami in his trunk in Chapter IV, "The March to Ramses," and what is the salami's eventual fate?

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

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

6. Describe the interior of Brunelda's apartment.

7. Describe Karl's encounter with the policeman in the Ramses suburbs.

8. How does the head cook try to soften the blow of Karl's dismissal?

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

10. What two reasons does Robinson have for coming to see Karl?

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