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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Zero Winter, pg. 77-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Patrick feel about working for the French?
(a) He prefers it to working for the English.
(b) He wants to return to his old job.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He hates Napoleon, but likes his job.

2. Villanelle says that passion is somewhere between fear and what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Henri say happens to Patrick?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He wants to die.
(c) He is a gambler.
(d) He tries to commit suicide.

4. Why does Villanelle name her lover the Queen of Spades?
(a) She won with the Queen of Spades card.
(b) The Queen of Spades represents love.
(c) The woman always played spades.
(d) That is a term for royalty.

5. What does Henri say the peasants do for the czar as Napoleon´s army comes?
(a) Burn their own houses.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Fight from their homes.
(d) Kill each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henri say is worse than watching his comrades die?

2. What kind of champagne does the Queen of Spades order?

3. What happens to the knife when the midwife tries to cut apart Villanelle´s toes?

4. What does Napoleon do to Henri when he hears the explanation of Henri´s propping-up of the cook?

5. What does Domino give Henri when Henri asks him to desert?

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