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Dreams of My Russian Summers Quiz

Andreï Makine
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Dreams of My Russian Summers Quiz

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1)

What is Charlotte's father's occupation? (from Chapters 6 & 7)

A administrator.
A teacher.
A farmer.
A physician.
2)

What does the narrator find that he can only afford for a few months? (from Chapters 16 & 17)

A villa to recuperate from surgery.
An apartment.
A car to rent.
A private-duty nurse.
3)

Why is the narrator allowed to stay when they discuss Charlotte in the kitchen in Chapter 8? (from Chapter 8)

He is 14.
He is 18.
He is 22.
He is 25.
4)

How old is the narrator when he returns to Charlotte's home for the summer? (from Chapters 6 & 7)

18.
9.
It is not stated.
13.
5)

What is the worst image to haunt Charlotte? (from Chapter 8)

The sight of elderly people freezing to death on the side of the road.
The sight of several very young German soldiers being tortured.
The sight of men who have lost both arms and legs.
The sight of several very young children being shot for stealing.
6)

What does Paska occasionally do when he is out with the narrator? (from Chapter 9)

Speaks a long monologue in French.
Breaks through the ice.
Takes the parrots to the pond for a bath.
Work out complicated mathematical problems.
7)

What does the narrator say has happened in France since Charlotte has visited the country? (from Chapters 16 & 17)

It is still the same.
People are meaner.
People are kinder.
Change.
8)

What does the narrator learn months later from Mr. Bond? (from Chapters 16 & 17)

Charlotte has moved to Moscow.
Charlotte is under arrest.
Charlotte died in September a year earlier.
Charlotte is very ill.
9)

To where does Pashka invite the narrator? (from Chapter 9)

To see his parrots.
A math contest.
To a French language seminar.
Fishing expeditions.
10)

What do the adults not understand about Charlotte? (from Chapter 8)

If she loves France.
Why she marries a French ex-patriot.
Why she would spend her life in Siberia.
Why she marrys a Russian peasant.
11)

How does the narrator insult his dance partner? (from Chapters 12 & 13)

Letting the school bully cut in on a dance.
Telling her he like her straight hair better than the curls she now sports.
Telling her she needs more make-up.
Being too intimate with her.
12)

What causes Pashka to cry? (from Chapter 9)

Hearing the story about the young French boy.
Cutting his hand.
Failing to solve an easy math problem in a contest.
Being told he is stupid.
13)

Where do Charlotte and her children see a great many mutilated bodies? (from Chapter 8)

Near a crematorium.
Falling out of a bombed passenger train.
Stacked neatly for burial by the side of the road.
They were mannequins; not bodies.
14)

What does the narrator scrounge up enough money to buy? (from Chapters 14 & 15)

A notebook.
A book about Russia.
A pair of shoes.
A new jacket.
15)

Who is Felix Faure? (from Chapters 6 & 7)

A famous French author.
The French ambassador to Russia.
A infamous murderer.
The French president.
16)

Of what does the narrator feel jealous? (from Chapters 12 & 13)

Tank soldiers who stand at attention.
His younger brother's talent.
The ability of the best athlete at his school.
The blonde-haired girl's boyfriend.
17)

What does the narrator feel that Charlotte temporarily gives him? (from Chapters 14 & 15)

The ability to feel eternal.
A sense of belonging.
The ability to lift his mood.
A sense of purpose.
18)

Why does the narrator's mother go to the hospital? (from Chapters 10 & 11)

To visit her best friend.
To apply for a job.
For tests.
To visit a dying aunt.
19)

Why is the narrator not allowed to travel to the USSR? (from Chapters 16 & 17)

He relinquished his Russian citizenship.
He was granted refugee status.
He is wanted for treason.
He is allowed to travel to Russia.
20)

What arrives from the Prefecture de Police? (from Chapters 16 & 17)

A request for information.
A package.
An arrest warrant.
A letter from Charlotte.
21)

Who is Pashka? (from Chapter 9)

The headmaster at the narrator's school.
The janitor at the narrator's school.
A math teacher.
A fisherman.
22)

How does Charlotte become pregnant? (from Chapters 10 & 11)

She is gang raped.
She seduces the young minister at her church.
No one knows.
She has an affair.
23)

What story does the narrator tell about a young French boy? (from Chapter 9)

The boy won a world-wide contest.
The boy almost kills the king despite all the guards.
The boy is sentenced to death.
The boy saves the king's life.
24)

What does the narrator believe about the soldiers he watches? (from Chapters 12 & 13)

They join the military seeking redemption.
They were coerced into the military.
No outside thoughts can penetrate their minds.
They join the military seeking honor.
25)

At what is hinted in this chapter about Fyodor? (from Chapters 6 & 7)

That he is arrested.
That he works for the KGB.
That he is abusive to his wife.
That he badly wanted to move to France.
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