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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter IV, "The March to Ramses," and Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karl feel he is being treated like during dinner at the Pollunder house?
(a) A child.
(b) A servant.
(c) An intruder.
(d) An accomplice.

2. What does Klara think Karl's last name is?
(a) Jakob.
(b) Brummer.
(c) Bendelmayer.
(d) Rossmann.

3. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?
(a) A pair of woolen socks.
(b) A cat's eye marble.
(c) A 10 Pfennig coin.
(d) A piece of salami.

4. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?
(a) Schubal is becoming too independent.
(b) Schubal is often missing from his station.
(c) Schubal is rumored to favor Slovaks and Romanians.
(d) Schubal needs to learn to speak better German.

5. What does the head cook tell Karl that he does not "seem the type" for?
(a) Deserting his companions.
(b) Working at a menial job.
(c) Studying at a university.
(d) Wandering around the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karl do on his weekly day off?

2. Why is Karl so useful to Therese when she is running errands in the city?

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

4. After dinner, what does Karl begin to suspect caused his uncle to be so reluctant about his visit to the Pollunder home?

5. What is the stoker's job?

(see the answer key)

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