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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose visit to France does Charlotte describe to the narrator?
(a) Peter the Great.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) President Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Tsar Nicholas II.

2. For what do the narrator and his sister stand in line?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Bread.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Apples.

3. With what group of Russians is the narrator's grandmother similar in age?
(a) The babushkas.
(b) The laundry women.
(c) None.
(d) The secretaries.

4. Who does the narrator curse at a dinner party?
(a) The Frenchmen.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father's best friend who is a Russian diplomat.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and his sister secretly share while in the back of the line?

2. What does the narrator's grandmother press into the narrator's hand when the narrator is in bed?

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

4. For what is Nicholas II responsible in the early part of the 20th century?

5. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?

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