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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does one soldier mutilate himself?
(a) To keep from having to return to the front.
(b) He enjoys the sight of his blood.
(c) To convince his superiors to send him to the front instead of being a clerk on the back lines.
(d) After receiving a divorce request from his wife.

2. With what do the narrator and his sister struggle?
(a) To separate fantasy from reality.
(b) To enjoy their visits to Russia.
(c) To enjoy returning to England after the summer is over.
(d) To understand their Russian grandfather.

3. 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) A sari.
(d) An expensive skirt suit.

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

5. Why does Charlotte's father take off in his carriage?
(a) To rush to his ill grandson's bedside.
(b) To get to Moscow and leave Russia.
(c) To warn the protesting workers.
(d) To chase after a very contagious patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Charlotte's daughter fall ill?

2. What does the narrator now enjoy?

3. What does the narrator realize about Charlotte?

4. What happens one day to Pashka?

5. What does the narrator do upon returning to Russia?

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