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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 & 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator's mother go to the hospital?
(a) To visit her best friend.
(b) To visit a dying aunt.
(c) To apply for a job.
(d) For tests.

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

3. What happens one day to Pashka?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He nearly drowns for real.
(c) He solves a math problem no one has done before.
(d) He has a heart attack.

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

5. Where does the narrator find a photo of three women in black dresses?
(a) In the alley behind their house.
(b) The Siberian Suitcase.
(c) In a book in the library.
(d) In the trash outside a neighbor's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Nicholas II at the time the narrator is in school?

2. Who is described as an absolute monarch?

3. Who is Pashka?

4. What does Charlotte learn of Fyodor?

5. What does Albertine leave behind?

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