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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator see his country for the first time from an outsider?
(a) In viewing the interaction between King Phillip and Tsar Nicholas II.
(b) In reading a book about Russia written by an English author.
(c) In reading a book about Russia written by an American author.
(d) In viewing the French play, "Les Femmes Savantes."

3. Who does Charlotte once visit in a Russian village?
(a) A Russian seer.
(b) The young people.
(c) A shrine where miracles often happen.
(d) Her great-grandfather.

4. How does Charlotte receive table scraps?
(a) Sweeping the school's hallways.
(b) Teaching French.
(c) Begging on the street corner.
(d) Drawing portraits.

5. At what is hinted in this chapter about Fyodor?
(a) That he is arrested.
(b) That he is abusive to his wife.
(c) That he badly wanted to move to France.
(d) That he works for the KGB.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What stops if a child wanders into the room where the adults are talking?

3. To what village does Charlotte return?

4. How many of Charlotte's tales does the narrator write about that have had a strong impact on him?

5. Where does Charlotte store newspaper clippings and photographs from her past?

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