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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 has saved K.'s job as janitor?
(a) Hans.
(b) The chairman.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) Klamm.

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

3. What health concern does Amalia's father have?
(a) Allergies.
(b) A bad heart.
(c) A paralyzed foot.
(d) Rheumatism.

4. What does K. say about the schoolteacher scolding him?
(a) That he is deeply upset by it.
(b) That it does not affect him.
(c) That he is pleased that the schoolteacher is mad at him.
(d) That he will soon revenge the schoolteacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the family forced to do?

3. What crime had the Castle formally charged the family with?

4. What does K. say about his plan in dealing with Hans?

5. Who is waiting at the meeting place when K. gets there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sortini do when Amalia's family approached him?

2. What was Amalia's father hoping for at his work, before the family's disgrace?

3. What reasons does Buergel give against forbidding interrogations at night?

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

5. How does Frieda initially react to K.'s explanation of his relationship with Barnabas' family?

6. Why has Hans come to see K. and what is he supposed to be doing instead?

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

8. What does Barnabas' family think about his job with the Castle?

9. Where do Jeremias and Frieda go to work after K. leaves?

10. How does K. respond to what Barnabas tells him about the Castle?

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