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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Lodgers threaten to do to the Samsas when they see Gregor for the first time?
(a) Sue, unless theycan leave without paying rent.
(b) Sell Gregor to a lab of research scientists.
(c) Kill Gregor with insecticide.
(d) Burn their house down.

2. What does the reader discover about Gregor's father's past?
(a) He is not the father of Grete and Gregor.
(b) His business failed several years ago.
(c) He used to have another family.
(d) He suffered from a debilitating accident.

3. What does Gregor tell himself will soon pass?
(a) His chill.
(b) The dream he is having.
(c) The bad weather.
(d) His bout of delirium.

4. What does Gregor's family do as an apology after throwing things at him and disabling him?
(a) Build him a nest.
(b) Write him a letter of apology.
(c) Leave his bedroom door open.
(d) Give him extra plates of rotten food.

5. What is one of the negative things Gregor recalls following his transformation?
(a) Irritable customers.
(b) Low pay.
(c) Unstable insurance.
(d) Foreign hotels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor note when he falls from his upright position onto his six legs?

2. What does Gregor's family turn his room into?

3. What sound does Gregor hear while trying to rock himself out of bed?

4. What does Gregor look at while pausing, in the hopes of returning to normal?

5. What keeps Gregor from actually falling asleep?

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