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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what village does Charlotte return?
(a) Sertolovo.
(b) Lesosibirsk.
(c) Boyarsk.
(d) Dno.

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

3. With what do the narrator and his sister struggle?
(a) To separate fantasy from reality.
(b) To understand their Russian grandfather.
(c) To enjoy returning to England after the summer is over.
(d) To enjoy their visits to Russia.

4. What do the narrator and his sister do to some of the collection?
(a) Throw some of it out the window.
(b) Give it to kids in the neighborhood.
(c) Paint them another color.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who does the narrator curse at a dinner party?
(a) No one.
(b) His father's best friend who is a Russian diplomat.
(c) The Frenchmen.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Norbert?

2. What does the narrator's grandmother press into the narrator's hand when the narrator is in bed?

3. What seems exquisite to the narrator and his sister?

4. For what do the narrator and his sister stand in line?

5. What is one of the narrator's grandmother's most prized possessions?

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