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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the scruffy woman notices the young boy looking at her?
(a) She refuses to answer any questions.
(b) She turns and runs out of the picture.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She lies down and sobs.

2. Who is Norbert?
(a) The narrator's father.
(b) The narrator's great-grandfather.
(c) The narrator's neighbor.
(d) The narrator's uncle.

3. What type of women does the narrator say are so alluring?
(a) Russian.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) American.

4. How does the narrator take it upon himself to continue his information-gathering about Russia and France?
(a) He records his grandmother's stories.
(b) He breaks into his grandmother's suitcase.
(c) He goes to the library.
(d) He interviews a French family who lives in Moscow.

5. To what does the narrator admit when discussing his grandmother's descriptions of France?
(a) Not understanding Russian culture.
(b) Not knowing where reality and fantasy intersect.
(c) Not understanding his grandmother's memories.
(d) Not knowing why his grandmother comes to Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose visit to France does Charlotte describe to the narrator?

2. What does Albertine leave behind?

3. What type of collection does the narrator recall unwrapping with his sister?

4. What type of dwellings does Albertine move into with each move?

5. What do the narrator and his sister do to some of the collection?

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