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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator visit in Russian as a young boy?
(a) His Russian grandmother.
(b) His maiden aunt.
(c) His French grandmother.
(d) His Russian uncle.

2. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?
(a) Vapid.
(b) Strong.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Submissive.

3. What do the narrator and his sister secretly share while in the back of the line?
(a) An apple.
(b) Their experience at their grandmother's home.
(c) A banned book.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?
(a) Decides to leave immediately for France.
(b) Inject herself with too much morphine.
(c) Decides to leave immediately for Russia.
(d) Write for help to her mother.

5. Where does Charlotte store newspaper clippings and photographs from her past?
(a) The Mongolian Suitcase.
(b) The armoire.
(c) The Siberian Suitcase.
(d) A huge trunk in the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who likes to lie on Charlotte's living room floor?

2. Where does Albertine believe she will ultimately end up?

3. Who is described as an absolute monarch?

4. With what group of Russians is the narrator's grandmother similar in age?

5. What two worlds does the narrator become obsessed with as far as their having a meal together?

(see the answer key)

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