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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 & 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator help Pashka?
(a) In return for Pashka's help with math.
(b) To feel useful.
(c) In return for Pashka's help getting the other students to like him.
(d) To show how superior he is.

2. Who does the narrator visit in Russian as a young boy?
(a) His French grandmother.
(b) His Russian uncle.
(c) His Russian grandmother.
(d) His maiden aunt.

3. What does the narrator spend his time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Writing biographical notes.
(c) Working for a meal.
(d) Panhandling.

4. How does the narrator take it upon himself to continue his information-gathering about Russia and France?
(a) He records his grandmother's stories.
(b) He breaks into his grandmother's suitcase.
(c) He interviews a French family who lives in Moscow.
(d) He goes to the library.

5. What happens a few months after Fyodor goes for reintegration?
(a) The Russians decide to join the war effort and support England.
(b) Charlotte gives birth.
(c) Bombs begin to drop in Russia.
(d) Charlotte miscarries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator succeed in imagining?

2. Where does the narrator catch Charlotte's eye?

3. Who is Pashka?

4. What does the narrator do that makes him feel comforted?

5. What does the narrator believe about the soldiers he watches?

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