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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what do Pnin and the person he runs into before going on a swim talk about?
(a) How good the food is.
(b) The time they went out years ago.
(c) The good times they had living together.
(d) The annoyances of life as a teacher.

2. What does Victor's art teacher encourage him to do?
(a) Exercise and expand his artistic abilities.
(b) Enter an art competition.
(c) Drop all of his other subjects and concentrate on art.
(d) To find another subject to be interested in.

3. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?
(a) Acting talent.
(b) Artistic talent.
(c) Culinary talent.
(d) Athletic talent.

4. When does Victor learn of Pnin's existence?
(a) When he is a little boy.
(b) Not until his parent's marriage has dissolved.
(c) He found his mom and Pnin's wedding picture the year before.
(d) He found a letter that Pnin had written his mother two years before.

5. In Chapter 5, whom is this type of gathering common among?
(a) French immigrants.
(b) Russian immigrants.
(c) Polish immigrants.
(d) German immigrants.

6. In Chapter 6, why there are only a few people at the housewarming party?
(a) Pnin gave out bad directions to his house.
(b) Several people declined.
(c) The flu is going around and many people are sick.
(d) Pnin didn't want a big party.

7. Where does Pnin take Victor after picking him up from the train station?
(a) To a movie.
(b) To his home.
(c) To the college.
(d) To dinner.

8. In Chapter 6, how soon before the party does Pnin begin preparing food and drinks?
(a) A day before.
(b) A few minutes before.
(c) Hours before.
(d) A week before.

9. At the party in Chapter 5, what book does Pnin end up getting into an argument with Bolotov over?
(a) "Call of the Wild".
(b) "Pride and Prejudice".
(c) "Crime and Punishment".
(d) 'Anna Karenina'.

10. Why does Pnin not use the detailed directions that were given to him to get to the cabin?
(a) He wants to use his new map.
(b) He wants to find the cabin by himself.
(c) He doesn't trust the person who gave him the directions.
(d) He decides to forgo them in favor of the advice of a local.

11. In Chapter 6, who has Pnin found a permanent housing solution from?
(a) Professor Chateau.
(b) A relative of his old landlords, the Clementses.
(c) Al Cook.
(d) A relative of his old landlords, the Sheppards.

12. What war is America in the midst of in Chapter 6?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) None of the answers is correct
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam War.

13. In Chapter 6, who will replace Pnin's friend as department head?
(a) Dr. Falternfels.
(b) Dr. Chateau.
(c) Dr. Kukolnikov.
(d) Dr. Hagen.

14. In Chapter 6, how is Pnin feeling about his lack of students this semester?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

15. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Pnin drop onto a pile of dishes?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A book.
(d) A nutcracker.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the party in Chapter 5, after playing the game whom does Pnin talk with?

2. In Chapter 5, what is the actual name that the host of the party goes by?

3. Victor is happy about the book that Pnin picked out for him. Whom does he mistake its author for?

4. In Chapter 6, how many roommates does Pnin have in the house he is renting?

5. At the party in Chapter 5, who is the other man, beside Pnin, that is also considered a youngster?

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