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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Karl is in the office and notices that it is a quarter past six, what does he begin to hope will happen?
(a) The head waiter will need to start breakfast service and will quickly send Karl off with a warning.
(b) Therese will wake the head cook and they will find out what is happening to Karl.
(c) The hotel will start to become busy and the porter will have to leave the office.
(d) Rennel will have time to discover Robinson and get him out of the hotel.

2. From context clues, what can logically be inferred about what Brunelda's neighbor is studying?
(a) He is studying law.
(b) He is studying medicine.
(c) He is studying business.
(d) He is studying engineering.

3. What were Delamarche and Robinson doing when they met Brunelda?
(a) Begging.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Working.

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

5. What element of the attic room's decor does Karl spend time looking at closely?
(a) The photographs.
(b) The piano.
(c) The linens.
(d) The desk.

6. What feature of his mother's face does Karl focus on in the photograph of her and his father?
(a) Her clenched fist.
(b) Her forced smile.
(c) Her furrowed brow.
(d) Her sharp eyes.

7. What does the policeman's repetition of Karl's name make Karl think is true?
(a) The hotel is trying to have him traced.
(b) The policeman suspects him of something.
(c) The policeman is prejudiced against Germans.
(d) The policeman is not very quick-witted.

8. What is the significance of the lift boy that passes Karl and Robinson while Karl is sneaking Robinson into the dormitory?
(a) He is running from the fight in the dormitory.
(b) He has been called to clean the light shaft.
(c) He has been called to cover Karl's lift.
(d) He has a message for the head waiter.

9. What is the cause of the crowd gathering in the street outside the apartment on the first night that Karl spends there?
(a) A steelworker's strike.
(b) A political rally.
(c) A boxing match.
(d) A holiday parade.

10. On the night that Robinson comes to the hotel, where is Rennel?
(a) With Delamarche.
(b) In the dormitory.
(c) In a bar in Ramses.
(d) Working at his lift.

11. Regardless of which dress she has on, what other item of clothing does Brunelda usually wear?
(a) A fox fur stole.
(b) A pair of white wool socks.
(c) A red hat with cardinal feathers.
(d) A pair of men's slippers.

12. After whom is the fictional town of Ramses named?
(a) A Dutch pirate.
(b) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(c) An Arabic mathematician.
(d) A German prince.

13. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?
(a) Jakob's.
(b) Green's.
(c) Klara's.
(d) Mack's.

14. 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) Robinson is asleep in front of the door.
(d) Delamarche goes inside and keep watch.

15. How long is Karl at the Occidental Hotel before he hears that Delamarche has been asking about him?
(a) Two months.
(b) A month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robinson appears at the hotel, what does Karl see sticking out of Robinson's pocket?

2. What does Robinson tell Karl that Brunelda is talented at?

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

4. What comic detail is offered about the head porter's appearance?

5. When Karl first looks up at the balcony after he arrives, what does he notice about Delamarche?

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