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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregor note that his sister does not realize when she announces aloud what foods he likes and dislikes?
(a) That she is getting his likes and dislikes wrong.
(b) That he is able to speak.
(c) That she is being very considerate.
(d) That he can understand her.

2. Why will no one at the office believe Gregor if he said he was sick?
(a) No one else in the office has been sick.
(b) They all just received their shots.
(c) He has not been sick in the last five years.
(d) He always claims to be sick.

3. What does Gregor's father shoo him back into his bedroom with?
(a) A broom and a pan.
(b) A newspaper and a broom.
(c) His shoe.
(d) The Chief Clerk's briefcase.

4. What does Gregor tell himself as he gets up and dresses for breakfast?
(a) He will need to find his own breakfast in the backyard.
(b) He will go into the office and explain himself to his boss.
(c) Eventually, he will get used to the new voice.
(d) Aches and pains resolve themselves as one starts moving.

5. What does Gregor realize when he eats the food that Grete feeds him?
(a) He no longer has taste buds.
(b) He cannot eat with his claws.
(c) He finds human food repulsive.
(d) He must eat food with his snout.

6. When does Gregor's mother finally visit him in his room?
(a) When Grete moves out Gregor's furniture.
(b) After Grete disguises Gregor's body.
(c) When Grete says she will no longer clean his room.
(d) After Gregor's father steps out to run errands.

7. What is one of the actions the Chief Clerk accuses Gregor of?
(a) Keeping his office a mess.
(b) Having an office relationship.
(c) Giving monosyllabic answers.
(d) Stealing money.

8. What do Gregor's mother and father intend to do for Grete?
(a) Find her a husband.
(b) Find her an apartment of her own.
(c) Get her into a good school.
(d) Find her work.

9. What does The Charwoman triumphantly announce to the Samsas?
(a) She has disposed of the creature.
(b) She has found a better paying job.
(c) She has revived Gregor,
(d) She has found someone else to rent their room.

10. What does Gregor's father do after Gregor's big speech?
(a) Searches for his tools.
(b) Goes back to bed.
(c) Sends for the locksmith.
(d) Breaks the door open.

11. What does the Chief Clerk say about Gregor's voice?
(a) He thinks there are two people in the room.
(b) It sounds like he is sick.
(c) It is not human.
(d) It sounds like a woman's.

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

13. What does the Chief Clerk claim to regret after ranting about Gregor?
(a) Not being able to tell Gregor to his face.
(b) Airing his concerns in front of Gregor's family.
(c) Upsetting Gregor's sister.
(d) Not bringing the other clerks.

14. Why is Gregor thankful that his door has a lock on it?
(a) So that he can choose who may enter.
(b) So that no one can disturb him.
(c) He is unsure how to present his new body.
(d) He has many valuables in his room.

15. What does Gregor conceal in his room so that Grete does not move it out?
(a) The photo on the wall.
(b) His writing desk.
(c) The chair near his window.
(d) His suitcase of sample cloths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor find at his door when he wakes up at twilight the same day?

2. What does Gregor notice is still in the corner of his bedroom?

3. What happens to Gregor when he rocks himself out of bed?

4. What does Gregor make an eloquent speech about that no one is able to understand?

5. What does Gregor's family do as an apology after throwing things at him and disabling him?

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