1. What puzzles Jaromil about the artist's poetry critiques?
(a) The artist prefers odd poetic forms.
(b) The artist uses words Jaromil doesn't understand.
(c) The artist's critiques are inconsistent.
(d) The artist's critique often use French poetic values.

2. How does Xavier know that there will be no executions the day he hears shots fired?
(a) The list of victims is in his notebook.
(b) He has the list of victims memorized.
(c) Only one family is being targeted.
(d) He has not yet given the command for anyone to be executed.

3. What is the redhead's perception of Jaromil's interest in her?
(a) It is his destiny to be with her.
(b) He is interested in her only because the brunette is gone.
(c) He has been interested in her ever since she caught him staring in her window.
(d) He has been interested in her a long time and used to wait for her outside the store.

4. What makes Maman think that Jaromil is actually becoming like a son of Apollo?
(a) He values the Greek gods more than passing political trend.
(b) He has taken down the picture of his father.
(c) His face is becoming beautiful and godlike rather than coarse.
(d) He has begun writing beautiful poems, not poems of death.

5. Why does Jaromil not speak to the cashier when she leaves the store?
(a) She is always with another girl.
(b) He prefers to walk next to her silently.
(c) She is always with a man.
(d) He does not have enough courage to approach her.