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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Nabokov always had difficulty doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Eating.
(c) Speaking in public.
(d) Sleeping.

2. Who is referred to simply as "Mademoiselle?"
(a) The tutor.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His sister.
(d) The governess.

3. What mystifies the two boys about Mademoiselle?
(a) She has children that visit her once a month, but she never allows the two boys to play with her children.
(b) She is kind most of the timea but can easily lose her temper.
(c)
(d) She reads many novels to the boys, all in French, with a smooth, gentle voice.

4. What is Nabokov's favorite Captain Mayne Reid novel?
(a) The Headless Horseman.
(b) Johnny Appleseed.
(c) Paul Bunyan.
(d) Bonnie and Clyde.

5. To what is Nabokov's mother quite sensitive?
(a) Seemingly small events.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Insults.
(d) Insect bites.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is the family returning to Russia?

2. What does this hobby do to him?

3. To what does the memory of the bracelet lead?

4. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?

5. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?

(see the answer key)

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