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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator allowed to stay when they discuss Charlotte in the kitchen in Chapter 8?
(a) He is 22.
(b) He is 18.
(c) He is 14.
(d) He is 25.

2. To what does the narrator admit when discussing his grandmother's descriptions of France?
(a) Not understanding Russian culture.
(b) Not knowing where reality and fantasy intersect.
(c) Not knowing why his grandmother comes to Russia.
(d) Not understanding his grandmother's memories.

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

4. With what are some children concerned about when Charlotte talks to them?
(a) Food.
(b) Life in the United States.
(c) Supernatural experiences.
(d) Finding people to adopt them.

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

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

7. What type of dwellings does Albertine move into with each move?
(a) Newer ones.
(b) Larger ones.
(c) Smaller ones.
(d) Older ones.

8. What do the narrator and his sister do to some of the collection?
(a) Give it to kids in the neighborhood.
(b) Paint them another color.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Throw some of it out the window.

9. What outrages the narrator concerning France and the Russian revolution?
(a) That the French support the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II.
(b) That the Russians believe the French are superior.
(c) That the Russians copy French fashion instead of creating their own fashions.
(d) That the French believe Russians are inferior.

10. What do the adults do before discussing Charlotte's tales?
(a) Tell the children to go outside and play.
(b) Put the children to bed.
(c) Pass the vodka around.
(d) Ask Charlotte to tell them a story.

11. What does Sergei notice being loaded?
(a) A cart and horse.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A large ocean-going vessel.
(d) A freight train.

12. Upon what does Albertine depend?
(a) Government subsidies.
(b) Her family's largesse.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Her son's love.

13. Who is Charlotte?
(a) The narrator's French grandmother.
(b) The narrator's Russian grandmother.
(c) The narrator's teacher.
(d) The narrator's mother.

14. To what do conversations drift at dinner parties according to the narrator?
(a) The French revolution.
(b) WWII.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Albertine.

15. What type of collection does the narrator recall unwrapping with his sister?
(a) Coin.
(b) Ornaments.
(c) Rock.
(d) Feather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte start believing about her husband?

2. What does Charlotte do on the front lines?

3. Who is teased ruthlessly in school?

4. What is the scruffy woman with the baby wearing in a photo the narrator writes about?

5. How old is Charlotte the last time she speaks to Albertine?

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