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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 & 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as an absolute monarch?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) King Louis XVIII.
(c) Tsar Nicholas II.
(d) Queen Victoria.

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

3. What is the worst image to haunt Charlotte?
(a) The sight of several very young German soldiers being tortured.
(b) The sight of elderly people freezing to death on the side of the road.
(c) The sight of men who have lost both arms and legs.
(d) The sight of several very young children being shot for stealing.

4. What type of women does the narrator say are so alluring?
(a) Russian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) American.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why are the narrator and his sister thrown out of the line?

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

5. What do the adults not understand about Charlotte?

(see the answer key)

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