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

2. How do the gentlemen react to the deliveries?
(a) They take the deliveries and then redeliver to someone else.
(b) They fight over the deliveries.
(c) They try to avoid deliveries to them.
(d) They accept the deliveries with flamboyant thanks.

3. What does K. say about his plan in dealing with Hans?
(a) Hans will be the winner from the plan, and at least K. will not lose anything.
(b) Both he and Hans will benefit from it.
(c) K. will be the winner from the plan, and at least Hans will not lose anything.
(d) He doesn't mind harming Hans, as long as he gets what he wants.

4. Who does Olga believe is the source of their misfortune?
(a) Klamm.
(b) Sortini.
(c) The fire department.
(d) Sortini's servant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the teacher scold K. for at the beginning of Chapter XIV?

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

3. What would happen to Amalia's father when he went into the Castle?

4. Where does the letter-writer want to meet K.?

5. Where does K. fall asleep at the end of Chapter XXIV?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does K. plan on visiting Hans' mother?

2. How long does K. need to wait to see Erlanger?

3. What reason does Amalia give K. that he will have to come visit them more often?

4. What does K. hope that Barnabas' good news was?

5. What reason does Erlanger give K. the request Erlanger is making during the meeting?

6. What is Frieda doing for Jeremias at the end of Chapter XXII?

7. How does K. answer Frieda's mother's objections about him?

8. What happens to Jeremias and Artur when they are not together?

9. What did Olga do to try to remove her family's disgrace?

10. At what event does Amalia's family's disgrace begin?

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