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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their walk the morning after the party, what does Luzhin's father suggest he take up?
(a) Chess.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Music.
(d) Drawing.

2. What color does Luzhin choose for his suit?
(a) Dark blue.
(b) Dark Brown.
(c) Tan.
(d) Dark gray.

3. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?
(a) Pictures of far-off lands.
(b) Chess puzzles.
(c) Articles about his father.
(d) Naked women.

4. Where does Luzhin's father send Luzhin, after the chess lesson is interrupted?
(a) The park.
(b) The attic.
(c) Luzhin's room.
(d) School.

5. What did Luzhin place in the German chess tournament in his youth?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are townspeople doing in the area where there are tennis courts in the summer, at the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. What book does Mrs. Luzhin read aloud to her husband?

3. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?

4. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?

5. What city does the family live in?

(see the answer key)

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