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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 draws Gregor from his room and also enchants The Lodgers?
(a) Evening sounds of crickets.
(b) Grete's violin serenade.
(c) Laughter from his family.
(d) Police sirens.

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

3. What does Gregor's family turn his room into?
(a) A storage room.
(b) A rented bedroom.
(c) An extra living room.
(d) A managerial office.

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

5. Who does the family write notes to after discovering Gregor in his room?
(a) Their respective employers.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their extended family.
(d) The neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. As she cleans his room, what does Grete note that Gregor still enjoys about his room?

2. What keeps Gregor from actually falling asleep?

3. What does Gregor infer from the person who has visited the house?

4. What does Gregor claim he has no plans to do?

5. What do the Samsas do while Gregor sleeps his day as a beetle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Samsas do following Gregor's demise?

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

3. How does the dynamic between Grete and Gregor change over time?

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

5. What do Gregor's mother, father and sister start doing in order to help out with the family's finances?

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

7. What does Gregor say about being a traveling salesman in his eloquent speech to his family and the Chief Clerk so that the Chief Clerk writes him a sympathetic report?

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

9. What does Gregor notice about the dynamic between his family and the new tenants, The Lodgers?

10. How does Gregor eventually die?

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