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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does the narrator receive from Saranza?
(a) Continuous post cards.
(b) Very little.
(c) Almost weekly letters.
(d) He never hears from Saranza again in his life.

2. Who comes home from boarding school?
(a) The narrator's best friend's sister.
(b) No one.
(c) The narrator's neighbor's daughter.
(d) The narrator's sister.

3. To what does the narrator become attracted?
(a) Communism.
(b) A blond-haired older woman.
(c) A girl with russet-colored hair.
(d) The idea of moving to the United States.

4. Of what does Pashka become jealous?
(a) A mechanic who steals his girlfriend.
(b) A soldier who steals his girlfriend.
(c) The newest math whiz in school.
(d) The narrator.

5. How does the narrator surpass Charlotte?
(a) In his ability as a story teller.
(b) In his skills as a writer.
(c) In his skills as a painter.
(d) In his knowledge of French history.

6. What does Charlotte do after the young woman is killed?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Adopts her baby.
(c) Goes back to France.
(d) Finds the young woman's family to give them her baby.

7. What does Pashka ask of the narrator?
(a) To teach him to dance.
(b) To lend him some money.
(c) To introduce him to a girl.
(d) To stay and look at the stars.

8. Of what does the narrator feel jealous?
(a) The ability of the best athlete at his school.
(b) Tank soldiers who stand at attention.
(c) The blonde-haired girl's boyfriend.
(d) His younger brother's talent.

9. Where does the narrator see Pashka at the dance?
(a) Down by the lake.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) In the men's room.

10. Where does the narrator seek shelter when it begins to rain?
(a) Under an overpass.
(b) Under a large sycamore.
(c) A family tomb.
(d) Under a rock ledge.

11. What does the narrator think Charlotte would never leave?
(a) Fyodor's grave.
(b) Her job.
(c) Her status as a foreigner in the tiny village.
(d) Her friends.

12. Where does the narrator catch Charlotte's eye?
(a) In a reflection in a car side mirror.
(b) In a plate glass window of the grocery store.
(c) From the window of the train.
(d) In the bathroom mirror as he shaves.

13. What does the narrator do that makes him feel comforted?
(a) Picks up a woman.
(b) Lies down with his head on a velvet prie-dieu.
(c) Drinks a bottle of absinthe.
(d) Eats ten chocolate bars.

14. Why is the narrator targeted by bullies at his school?
(a) He likes to talk to the girls more than the guys.
(b) He has no shoes.
(c) He shows no interest in sports and movies.
(d) He has a large, visible birthmark on his face.

15. What does the narrator often have with himself?
(a) Long, imaginary conversations with Charlotte.
(b) Long, imaginary conversations with his father.
(c) Long, imaginary conversations with his mother.
(d) Confidence-building sessions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must the narrator construct his stories three different ways?

2. What does Pashka demand to know from the narrator?

3. What shatters when Pashka touches it?

4. What does the narrator scrounge up enough money to buy?

5. What does the narrator consider when he runs out of money?

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