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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XVII: Amalia's Secret and Chapter XVIII: Amalia's Punishment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are K. and his assistants living at the beginning of Chapter XI?
(a) The school gymnasium.
(b) The school office.
(c) The school basement.
(d) The school dormitory.

2. Why does K. step into a house on the way to the Castle?
(a) Going uphill through snow tires him out.
(b) He is trying to avoid someone he sees on the road.
(c) He is starving and needs some food.
(d) The winding road confounds him, and he needs directions.

3. Why does Frieda say her mother has decided to kick K. out of the house?
(a) She has revealed too much personal information to him.
(b) She is afraid he won't have money to pay for his board.
(c) She believes the Castle dislikes him and anyplace he stays will have bad favor.
(d) She has heard that he hangs out with undesirable people.

4. Who does K. meet and ask questions about the Castle?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A stonemason.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A cartographer.

5. How does the teacher know about K.'s conversation with the chairman?
(a) His servant heard about it from the chairman's servant.
(b) He lives next door to the chairman, and the walls are thin.
(c) He heard about it from the chairman's wife.
(d) He recorded a deposition of the conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Frieda's mother give for letting K. stay in the inn when he first arrived?

2. What was the family forced to do?

3. Who does Frieda say the assistants really want?

4. Who does K. say he might be able to help medically?

5. What did Amalia do with Sortini's letter?

(see the answer key)

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