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4. Gregor
eats the _____ food that Grete brings him.
4. Gregor
eatswhen
the _____
food
that Grete brings
6. The mother
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Gregor out
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Gregor
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16. The father usually reads the _____ out
bedroom.
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The father
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Gregor
conceals
himself
with
a(n) _____.
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21. Gregor’s occupation
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accuses
him of _____.
24. Gregor’
boss accuses
of _____.
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_____
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comes
to
thehouse
Samsa
house is
25. The _____
who comes to the Samsa
is Gregor’
s
Gregor’s boss.
boss.
26. Instrument Grete plays for the tenants
26. Instrument
Grete
plays
forsleeping
the tenants
27. Gregor
feels
safe
_____ the couch.
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At
the
end
of
the
story,
the
Samsas
27. Gregor feels safe sleeping _____ the couch. think that it
is time for Grete to _____.
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of does
the story,
the think
Samsas
think
thathe
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time
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What
Gregor
about
when
for Grete
to _____.
wakes
up at the beginning of the book?
29. What does Gregor think about when he first wakes up
at the beginning of the book?
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At first, Grete leaves Gregor _____ and bread to eat.
At first,
leaves Gregor
_____
and bread
to a
2. 1.His
fatherGrete
gets Gregor
back into
the bedroom
using
eat.
newspaper
and _____.
2. His father gets Gregor back into the bedroom
3. How
tenants are
staying
with the Samsas?
usingmany
a newspaper
and
_____.
How decorative
many tenants
staying
with
the (2 words)
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itemare
does
Gregor
save?
Samsas?
7. The father throws _____ at Gregor.
5. What decorative item does Gregor save? (2
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the evenings, Grete studies French and _____.
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19th and
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Grete studies French and
movement.
_____.
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a(n)
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to and
look20th-century
out the window at
10.Gregor
Kafka uses
is part
of this
19th
night.
philosophical movement.
11.Who
Gregor
uses a(n)
_____s body?
to look out the window
13.
disposes
of Gregor’
at night.
14.
Gregor crawls
to amuse
himself
13.Where
Who disposes
of Gregor’s
body?
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Gregor
want
send himself
Grete?
14.Where
Wheredoes
Gregor
crawls
to to
amuse
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Where
does
Gregor
want
to
send
Grete?
17. Grete’s new job
17. Grete’s new job
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_____.
19.After
Afterhis
hisdeath,
death,Grete
Gretenotices
noticesthat
thatGregor
Gregorwas
was
_____.
20. The mother and Grete remove the _____ from
20.Gregor’
The mother
s room.and Grete remove the _____ from
Gregor’s room.
22. What prevents the mother from working?
23. What the father sleeps in
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4. Gregor eats the _____ food
that Grete brings him.
[SPOILED]
6. The mother _____ when she
sees Gregor. [FAINTS]
9. According to the servant,
the type of insect Gregor has
become (2 words)
[DUNGBEETLE]
12. Grete’s _____ draws Gregor
out of the bedroom. [MUSIC]
16. The father usually reads the
_____ out loud.
[NEWSPAPER]
18. Gregor conceals himself with
a(n) _____. [SHEET]
21. Gregor’s occupation
[SALESMAN]
23. His family does not know that
Gregor can still _____ them.
[UNDERSTAND]
24. Gregor’s boss accuses him of
_____. [STEALING]
25. The _____ who comes to the
Samsa house is Gregor’s boss.
[ATTORNEY]
26. Instrument Grete plays for the
tenants [VIOLIN]
27. Gregor feels safe sleeping
_____ the couch. [UNDER]
28. At the end of the story, the
Samsas think that it is time for
Grete to _____. [MARRY]
29. What does Gregor think about
when he first wakes up at
the beginning of the book?
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[STENOGRAPHY]
into the bedroom using
a newspaper and _____.
10. Kafka is part of this 19th and
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movement.
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[EXISTENTIALISM]
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disposes of Gregor’s body?
20. The mother
and Grete remove the
eat. [MILK]
6. The
mother _____ when she sees Gregor.
2. Hisfrom
fatherGregor’
gets Gregor
back into the bedroom
[SERVANT]
_____
s room.
[FAINTS]
using a newspaper and _____. [CANE]
[FURNITURE]
9. According
to the servant,
theamuse
type of insect
3. How many tenants are staying with the
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crawls to
Gregor
become (2 words) [DUNGBEETLE]
Samsas?
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the mother from
12. Grete’s _____ draws Gregor out of the
5. What decorative item does Gregor save? (2
working?
[MUSIC]
words)[ASTHMA]
[PICTUREFRAME]
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Where does
Gregor want to send
16. The father usually reads the _____ out loud.
7. The father throws _____ at Gregor. [APPLES]
Grete? [CONSERVATORY]
23. What
sleeps
instudies French and
[NEWSPAPER]
8. Inthe
the father
evenings,
Grete
18. Gregor
with a(n) _____.
_____. [STENOGRAPHY]
[UNIFORM]
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Grete’sconceals
new jobhimself
[SALESWOMAN]
[SHEET]
21. Gregor’s
[SALESMAN]
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After hisoccupation
death, Grete
notices that
23. His family does not know that Gregor can still
Gregorthem.
was [UNDERSTAND]
_____. [STARVING]
_____
24. Gregor’s boss accuses him of _____.
[STEALING]
25. The _____ who comes to the Samsa house is
Gregor’s boss. [ATTORNEY]
26. Instrument Grete plays for the tenants [VIOLIN]
27. Gregor feels safe sleeping _____ the couch.
[UNDER]
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10. Kafka is part of this 19th and 20th-century
philosophical movement. [EXISTENTIALISM]
11. Gregor uses a(n) _____ to look out the window
at night. [CHAIR]
13. Who disposes of Gregor’s body? [SERVANT]
14. Where Gregor crawls to amuse himself
[CEILING]
15. Where does Gregor want to send Grete?
[CONSERVATORY]
17. Grete’s new job [SALESWOMAN]
19. After his death, Grete notices that Gregor was
_____. [STARVING]