1. Nicholas is patrolling the picket lines. What is a picket?
(a) A portion of a fence.
(b) A border between one army and another.
(c) A line of stakes set in the ground behind which artillery is positioned.
(d) Soldiers set apart from a main army to guard them from surprise attack.

2. How does Natasha behave at Ilagin's?
(a) She is weary from hunting and falls asleep.
(b) She loves his playing the guitar and dances for them.
(c) She is unhappy with the rustic nature of Ilagin's house and wants to go home.
(d) At Ilagin's insistence, she reluctantly sings while he plays guitar.

3. After the battle at Borodino, where does Pierre stay the night?
(a) He sleeps in a field.
(b) He returns to Moscow that night.
(c) He goes to one of his nearby estates.
(d) He sleeps in his carriage.

4. Where do the wounded soldiers go when everyone is leaving Moscow before the French arrive?
(a) Most go out of the city but a few go into the Rostovs' yard.
(b) They ask to rest in the yards of the people leaving Moscow.
(c) They go to a hospital.
(d) They are all leaving Moscow as quickly as they can.

5. Andrew has been taken prisoner by the French. What do they do with him?
(a) Napoleon remembers him, so they put him on a stretcher, but steal his icon.
(b) They put him on the stretcher but then determine that he is dead and so leave him in the field.
(c) Napoleon sees him, remembers his carrying the Russian standard, and sends him to a hospital.
(d) Napoleon remembers him, admires his courage, and sends him to his own doctor to be tended.