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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 keeps Gregor from actually falling asleep?
(a) Loud noises his family makes.
(b) The smell of breakfast cooking.
(c) His beetle body.
(d) Sounds coming from the radiator.

2. After seeing it is past 6:30 a.m., what does Gregor realize about his job?
(a) He needs to be there in a half hour.
(b) He cannot avoid being late.
(c) He has lost his job.
(d) He has more time to sleep before going in to the office.

3. What does Gregor claim to tell the Chief Clerk in order to make amends?
(a) He has already quit his job.
(b) He would open the door, but he suddenly feels ill.
(c) He has accepted a position elsewhere.
(d) He has turned into a giant beetle.

4. 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) He has not been sick in the last five years.
(c) They all just received their shots.
(d) He always claims to be sick.

5. Why does Gregor think he should not be fired?
(a) They do not have enough employees.
(b) This absence was his only absence.
(c) He makes the company a lot of money.
(d) His boss is incompetent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregor realize about his family and the Chief Clerk on the other side of the door?

2. When does Gregor's mother finally visit him in his room?

3. Why is Gregor startled when he answers his mother?

4. What does Grete, Gregor's sister, do while their father knocks on Gregor's door?

5. What has kept Gregor from resigning and telling off his boss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gregor envision while he is trying to unlock the door to his room?

2. What does Gregor discover about himself post-transformation when Grete leaves him bread and milk?

3. What is the family's reaction to Gregor's death and what do they notice about the beetle?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Gregor see the Chief Clerk's visit to his house as a sign of?

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

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

9. What plan do The Lodgers hatch once they see Gregor out of his room for the first time?

10. What is the fantasy Gregor dreams of while Grete is playing her violin?

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