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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Charlotte's father?
(a) As a man always on the wrong side of the law.
(b) As a religious and holy man.
(c) As a morphine addict.
(d) As wealthy and well respected.

2. How old is the narrator when he returns to Charlotte's home for the summer?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 18.
(d) It is not stated.

3. Why does Albertine become lost to the world?
(a) Because of Russia's policy towards ex-patriots.
(b) Because of the death of her mother.
(c) Because of her dependence on morphine.
(d) Because of France's policy towards ex-patriots.

4. What does Albertine leave behind?
(a) The Siberian suitcase.
(b) Several months unpaid rent.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her dog.

5. What does Charlotte do on the front lines?
(a) Drives an ambulance.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Works as a nurse.
(d) Sews clothing for the soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do the narrator and his sister stand in line?

2. What outrages the narrator concerning France and the Russian revolution?

3. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?

4. How does the narrator take it upon himself to continue his information-gathering about Russia and France?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the narrator and his sister go for oranges?

2. What happens when Charlotte meets up with a soldier while she is on her way to Boyarsk?

3. What is the narrator allowed to do when he is 14?

4. What story captures the narrator's imagination concerning Tsar Nicholas II?

5. What is the other childhood memories of Charlotte's that has left an impact on the narrator?

6. What is the story does the narrator relate about Charlotte's rock collection?

7. What impresses the narrator about his maternal grandfather?

8. What is Charlotte's relationship to Gavrilych?

9. What does the narrator find interesting about the French play, "Les Femmes Savantes"?

10. What does Charlotte do during the war and how does she react to her work?

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