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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 do Robinson and Karl tear the apartment apart looking for during Brunelda's bath?
(a) Perfume.
(b) A key.
(c) Money.
(d) Ribbons.

2. What prevents Karl from escaping when he is sent inside to prepare Brunelda's bed for the night?
(a) The apartment door is locked.
(b) Karl does not know how to get out of the building.
(c) Delamarche goes inside and keep watch.
(d) Robinson is asleep in front of the door.

3. What geographic error is introduced when the three men turn to look back at New York City?
(a) They are facing West when they see New York.
(b) The Statue of Liberty is in the wrong location.
(c) There is a bridge connecting New York and Boston.
(d) Manhattan is on the mainland.

4. What job did Therese perform so well that she caught the head cook's attention and was offered the job of secretary?
(a) Arranging napkins.
(b) Lighting candles.
(c) Taking inventory.
(d) Bargaining with vendors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?

2. What does Karl leave behind in the porter's lodge?

3. Whose holds the job the head porter calls the "most stupid work in the entire hotel" (175)?

4. What does Therese confide in Karl that she asks him to keep secret from the head cook?

5. What does Karl decide is the way to satisfy Brunelda and Delamarche?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Brunelda's personality.

3. What convinces Karl to stay at Brunelda's apartment even after Delamarche assaults him?

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

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

6. Describe the interior of Brunelda's apartment.

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

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

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

10. When Karl is looking through his trunk, what does he realize about the cap he is wearing?

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