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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 & 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albertine not have in Russia?
(a) Family.
(b) Friends.
(c) A job.
(d) Money.

2. Why does one soldier mutilate himself?
(a) To keep from having to return to the front.
(b) He enjoys the sight of his blood.
(c) After receiving a divorce request from his wife.
(d) To convince his superiors to send him to the front instead of being a clerk on the back lines.

3. What does the narrator have difficulty reconciling?
(a) His feelings for girls with his friendships with the boys.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The two halves of the prostitute.
(d) His feelings for girls and his dependence on his grandmother.

4. What calms the narrator after the tragedies of his family life?
(a) Meditating.
(b) Rowing.
(c) Running.
(d) Mindlessly following orders.

5. Where does the narrator see Pashka at the dance?
(a) Down by the lake.
(b) In the men's room.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is teased ruthlessly in school?

2. How does the narrator insult his dance partner?

3. How does Charlotte receive table scraps?

4. What happens to the last passenger train when Charlotte arrives at the train station?

5. What is the worst image to haunt Charlotte?

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