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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator spend much time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Looking through old photo albums.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Sailing.

2. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?
(a) Submissive.
(b) Nurturing.
(c) Vapid.
(d) Strong.

3. What was the nickname of Nicholas II at the time the narrator is in school?
(a) Nicholas the Fool.
(b) Nicholas the Bloody.
(c) Nicholas the Just.
(d) He does not have a nickname.

4. Why are the narrator and his sister thrown out of the line?
(a) The others in the line think they intend to cheat.
(b) They have already received their rations.
(c) They have no ration cards.
(d) They are too young.

5. Why does Albertine become lost to the world?
(a) Because of her dependence on morphine.
(b) Because of the death of her mother.
(c) Because of France's policy towards ex-patriots.
(d) Because of Russia's policy towards ex-patriots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is teased ruthlessly in school?

2. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?

3. What do the narrator and his sister secretly share while in the back of the line?

4. Who is married to Norbert?

5. How does the narrator see his country for the first time from an outsider?

(see the answer key)

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