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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter I, "The Stoker".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?
(a) Schubal drinks on the job.
(b) Schubal is a Roman Catholic.
(c) Schubal has a criminal record.
(d) Schubal is Romanian.
2. How did Jakob find out about why Karl was sent to the United States?
(a) One of Karl's neighbors wrote to him.
(b) Karl's mother wrote to him.
(c) Karl's father wrote to him.
(d) Johanna Brummer wrote to him.
3. How does Karl feel when he realizes that the stoker could probably physically overpower everyone in the office?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Amused.
(c) Comforted.
(d) Angry.
4. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?
(a) Schubal is rumored to favor Slovaks and Romanians.
(b) Schubal is often missing from his station.
(c) Schubal needs to learn to speak better German.
(d) Schubal is becoming too independent.
5. What happens as Karl steps out onto the stairs leading into the smaller boat that will take him to shore?
(a) He bursts into tears.
(b) He sees a drowned rat.
(c) He stumbles and almost falls.
(d) He shouts with joy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?
2. In the office, to whom does Karl show his passport?
3. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?
4. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?
5. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?
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