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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Fragments: "Brunelda's Departure," "At a street corner Karl saw..." and "They traveled for two days...".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the office manager is "unable to quell his scruples," what problem is he facing (278)?
(a) He cannot overcome his desire to do what seems right.
(b) He cannot understand what Karl means for him to write down.
(c) He cannot offer Karl enough money to support himself.
(d) He cannot stop himself from being critical.

2. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?
(a) Go to Boston and find work on a fishing boat.
(b) Go to Chicago and work in a slaughterhouse.
(c) Go to California and pan for gold.
(d) Go back to New York and work for Jakob.

3. About how many young men have gathered at the racetrack looking for jobs?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

4. Who is the woman that eventually helps Karl get something to eat?
(a) A waitress.
(b) A hotel guest.
(c) The desk clerk.
(d) The head cook.

5. What element of the engineering office is familiar from earlier episodes in Karl's story?
(a) A German military trunk and traveler's cap.
(b) People bustling everywhere, refusing to answer questions.
(c) Paired authority figures looking at a ledger.
(d) A vast, maze-like interior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What articles of Pollunder's clothing fascinate Karl?

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

3. Which character from earlier in the novel does Karl run into at the racetrack and end up making the journey to Oklahama with?

4. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?

5. What are the women on the platform outside the racetrack dressed as?

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