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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Gregor want to go back to sleep?
(a) His morning chores.
(b) His desire to pretend that what has happened is a dream.
(c) The rain.
(d) The sound of his parents arguing.

2. What does Gregor notice is still in the corner of his bedroom?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) An armoire.
(c) A bag of dirty clothes.
(d) A suitcase of cloth samples.

3. What does Gregor recall following his transformation?
(a) His mother.
(b) His job.
(c) His finances.
(d) His health.

4. Why is Gregor startled when he answers his mother?
(a) He cannot speak.
(b) His voice is that of someone else's.
(c) His voice has a twittering squeak.
(d) He thought no one was home.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gregor attempt to open the locked door?

2. What do Gregor's mother and father realize about Grete as they leave their home?

3. What does Gregor's mother ask Gregor while he is still laying in bed?

4. What does Gregor remember he has to do while thinking over his problems?

5. What draws Gregor from his room and also enchants The Lodgers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the miscommunication between Gregor and his father that leads to Gregor being disabled for a month?

2. What does Gregor ponder as he looks through the crack in his door on the family living room?

3. What does Grete try to convince her parents of after The Lodgers see Gregor for the first time?

4. How does everyone (Gregor's parents, Gregor and The Lodgers) react to Grete's violin serenade?

5. What is Gregor's room transformed into and why is he insulted by this?

6. How does Gregor's mother change Gregor's initial thoughts about Grete moving his furniture out of the room?

7. What problem emerges between Grete and Gregor's mother as a result of Gregor's care taking?

8. What does the Chief Clerk accuse Gregor of from the other side of Gregor's door?

9. The family discusses their finances as Gregor sleeps away his first day as a beetle. What is revealed about the dynamic between the family and Gregor before his transformation?

10. Who is the Charwoman and what is her relationship like with Gregor?

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