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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 long is Karl away from his lift when he is taking Robinson to the dormitory?
(a) 8 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 11 minutes.
(d) 2 minutes.

2. What does Karl do on his weekly day off?
(a) Plays cards with the other lift boys.
(b) Practices his English with Rennel.
(c) Spends time with Therese and the head cook.
(d) Goes into the city and looks for other work.

3. When Delamarche appears on the street to find out what is happening with the hired car, what is he wearing?
(a) The good suit of Karl's that he supposedly sold to the chambermaid.
(b) An Occidental Hotel robe and silk pajamas.
(c) A white waistcoat with black pockets and fancy wool slacks.
(d) A violet dressing gown and a pair of underwear.

4. What lie does Robinson tell the police officer?
(a) He says that Karl was not fired from his job at the hotel.
(b) He says that Karl is a student who is boarding with Brunelda.
(c) He says that Karl is his brother-in-law who is staying with him.
(d) He says that Karl never worked at the Occidental Hotel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of his mother's face does Karl focus on in the photograph of her and his father?

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

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

4. What comic detail is offered about the head porter's appearance?

5. What is Karl eating at the end of Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Karl is worried about the vomit in the light shaft being noticed, how do his thoughts foreshadow his eventual fate?

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

3. Describe the interior of Brunelda's apartment.

4. 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?

5. How does Karl meet Robinson and Delamarche?

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

7. How does Karl try to improve his position in life while he is at the Occidental Hotel?

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

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

10. How does Karl end up having a conversation with Therese in his room on his first night at the Occidental Hotel?

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