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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the letters Barnabas delivers come from?
(a) A mysterious unseen person inside an office.
(b) A machine.
(c) A clerk who writes letters all day.
(d) A stack of old letters.

2. What was the family's response to being ostracized by the community?
(a) To complain constantly to whoever would listen.
(b) To snub the most prominent members of the community.
(c) To do nothing.
(d) To write letters to the Castle.

3. What was Amalia's father's profession?
(a) He worked at a toy maker's factory.
(b) He worked as a clerk at the Castle.
(c) He worked at a printer's office.
(d) He worked in the fire department.

4. Who does Barnabas deliver a message from during Chapter XXI?
(a) A castle guard.
(b) Frieda.
(c) One of Klamm's secretaries.
(d) Klamm.

5. What does Frieda think of K.'s conversation with Hans?
(a) K. was argumentative.
(b) K. was deceptive.
(c) K. was helpful.
(d) K. was judgemental.

6. Who does K. intend to use his weapon against when he leaves Olga's house?
(a) His assistant.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) Barnabas.
(d) Klamm.

7. Who tells K. the story of how their family became disparaged in the community?
(a) Barnabas' mother.
(b) Barnabas.
(c) Olga.
(d) Amalia.

8. What did Sortini order Amalia to do in his letter?
(a) Come to the Castle.
(b) Meet him at the festival.
(c) Meet him in the schoolhouse.
(d) Come to the Gentlemen's Inn.

9. Which of Barnabas's siblings is at the house when K. arrives?
(a) Olga.
(b) Neither Amelia nor Olga.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Both Amelia and Olga.

10. What does K. say about Olga's attractiveness?
(a) She is neither pretty nor friendly.
(b) She is pretty but not friendly.
(c) She is both pretty and friendly.
(d) She is friendly but not pretty.

11. Why does K. go to see Barnabas in Chapter XV?
(a) Because he wants to hire Barnabas to do a secret errand.
(b) Because he has a new message for Barnabas to deliver.
(c) Because he hasn't heard from Barnabas about his message to Klamm.
(d) Because he suspects that Barnabas knows a secret way to get to Klamm.

12. Had other families been disgraced in the past?
(a) No, it had never happened before.
(b) No, except for a rumored family long ago that may not exist.
(c) Yes, and they had recovered.
(d) Yes, and they had not recovered.

13. Who was the first letter that Barnabas delivered sent to?
(a) His father.
(b) K.
(c) Klamm.
(d) Amalia.

14. Who led the family toward Sortini when they saw him approaching?
(a) The mother.
(b) The father.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Olga.

15. Who is waiting at the meeting place when K. gets there?
(a) Frieda and Amalia.
(b) The landlord and landlady.
(c) A large crowd of people.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. How easy does K. think it will be to win Frieda back?

2. What sometimes cures Buergel's insomnia?

3. Who gives Barnabas the letters he is supposed to deliver?

4. Where does Olga make the contacts that eventually get Barnabas his job with the Castle?

5. How effective is bribing Castle officials?

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