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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the last time Charlotte speaks to Albertine?
(a) Just before Albertine dies in the hospital.
(b) When Albertine leaves for Russia for one last visit.
(c) When Albertine climbs into a cab to go to the airport to visit France.
(d) When Albertine goes to a rehab hospital.

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

3. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?
(a) Write for help to her mother.
(b) Decides to leave immediately for Russia.
(c) Inject herself with too much morphine.
(d) Decides to leave immediately for France.

4. What does Charlotte start believing about her husband?
(a) That he is still alive.
(b) That he is in France.
(c) That he has become involved with another woman.
(d) That he went to Siberia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator admit when discussing his grandmother's descriptions of France?

2. For what do the narrator and his sister stand in line?

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

4. What happens to the last passenger train when Charlotte arrives at the train station?

5. From what does Charlotte's husband die?

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