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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the narrator and his sister thrown out of the line?
(a) They have no ration cards.
(b) They are too young.
(c) They have already received their rations.
(d) The others in the line think they intend to cheat.

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

3. Who is Gavrilych?
(a) The town drunk where the narrator's grandmother lives.
(b) A milkman.
(c) A retired Russian artillery man.
(d) A mail carrier.

4. What does the narrator spend much time doing?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Looking through old photo albums.

5. What is the scruffy woman with the baby wearing in a photo the narrator writes about?
(a) A peasant dress.
(b) A man's shapka.
(c) An expensive skirt suit.
(d) A sari.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?

4. Who is described as an absolute monarch?

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

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