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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emmie do when Rodion comes to chase her out of the cell?
(a) She asks him to pick her up and carry her.
(b) She sits down and refuses to budge.
(c) She laughs and runs away.
(d) She runs to him and hugs him.

2. What does Cincinnatus do at night in his youth when he has his first job?
(a) He reads.
(b) He plays chess.
(c) He writes.
(d) He listens to music.

3. What does Cincinnatus think would be necessary for Emmie to rescue him?
(a) For her to mature yet remain a child.
(b) For her to love him.
(c) For her to feel sorry for him.
(d) For her to listen to him tell his story.

4. What do Rodion and Cincinnatus do when Rodion comes back to Cincinnatus's cell after first dropping him off?
(a) They jump.
(b) They sing.
(c) They dance.
(d) They fly.

5. What unnatural event from Cincinnatus' childhood does he describe?
(a) A woman singing and gradually becoming a chorus and then an orchestra.
(b) A bird flying up into the sky and becoming a cloud.
(c) A spider growing larger and larger, and then turning into a bus.
(d) A man getting up to help him, and his shadow not following right away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the director say will need time to prepare for the execution?

2. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?

3. What additional news does Cincinnatus get at the same time?

4. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?

5. What does the prison director scold the prisoner for doing?

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