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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cloud, Castle, Lake".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?
(a) A pretty girl.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) A goose.
(d) A puppy.

2. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
(a) It was damp and cold.
(b) It was an exceptionally hot summer.
(c) It was shortly after the last snow melted.
(d) The leaves had begun to turn.

3. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
(a) He is the man who was once in love with the narrator's wife.
(b) He is a man whom the narrator met on a group tour.
(c) He is the narrator's brother-in-law.
(d) He is the narrator's former employee.

4. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?
(a) He moves stiffly.
(b) He looks unhealthy.
(c) He is athletic.
(d) He is tall and thin.

5. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?
(a) It "reeks of holiday revelry."
(b) It "echoes like a tin box."
(c) It is "unmistakably third-class."
(d) It is "cattle-car bare."

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?

2. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?

3. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?

4. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?

5. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

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