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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the text's descriptions of New York and its suburbs most emphasize?
(a) The juxtaposition of people and machinery.
(b) Steel, concrete, and glass.
(c) Noise, crowds, and speed.
(d) The juxtaposition of rich and poor.

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

3. How does Karl almost fall from a window at the Pollunder house?
(a) He leans out to see a bird.
(b) Klara pushes him.
(c) He loses his way in a dark hallway.
(d) He leans out to hear a train.

4. What question does the man with the bamboo stick ask Karl?
(a) Whether he has lost a trunk.
(b) Whether he is German.
(c) Why he is in America.
(d) What his name is.

5. What sign does Karl notice that causes him to feel he needs to intervene in the stoker's explanation?
(a) The attendant has gone out to fetch someone.
(b) The stoker is becoming too upset to continue speaking.
(c) The captain's face is starting to look angry.
(d) The men in the office are growing restless.

6. What does Karl ask Pollunder about on the drive out to the country?
(a) His uncle.
(b) The business.
(c) Klara.
(d) American customs.

7. Although Karl thinks that Jakob indulges him generously, what does the narrative imply is true about Jakob's behavior toward Karl?
(a) Jakob intends to make Karl a partner in his buisness.
(b) Jakob is needlessly distant and controlling toward Karl.
(c) Jakob is using Karl to heal the rift between himself and Karl's mother.
(d) Jakob is stern with Karl because he sees Karl's potential.

8. What is the main source of lighting at the Pollunder home?
(a) Torches in sconces on the walls.
(b) Electric lights.
(c) Lanterns placed next to the walls.
(d) Servants standing in the hallways with candles.

9. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?
(a) The attendant came to fetch him.
(b) A passenger called "Butterbaum" told him.
(c) He was passing by the office and heard the stoker yelling.
(d) One of the women from the kitchen told him.

10. What instrument does Karl play?
(a) Cello.
(b) Flute.
(c) Violin.
(d) Piano.

11. What is the stoker's job?
(a) He assists the head chef.
(b) He makes sure the ship is on course.
(c) He tends the fire that powers the ship.
(d) He carries passenger luggage.

12. What kind of business does Jakob own?
(a) Publishing.
(b) Marketing and sales.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Shipping and consignment.

13. What is the name of Karl's riding companion?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Otto.
(c) Mak.
(d) Josef.

14. What item of his does Karl expect to find in the dining room?
(a) His umbrella.
(b) His pocket watch.
(c) His gloves.
(d) His hat.

15. What is the attitude Green takes toward Klara that so offends Karl?
(a) He seems to barely realize Klara is in the room.
(b) He dismisses her opinions because of her sex.
(c) He flatters her and is flirtatious.
(d) He fawns on her because Pollunder is his boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Karl feel better about the early hour at which he has to get up for his riding lessons?

2. What has the servant woman named the child that she alleges Karl fathered?

3. What do Karl and Klara get into a fight about after dinner?

4. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?

5. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?

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