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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 & 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the narrator's grandmother's most prized possessions?
(a) The English cross.
(b) A fragment from the bomb that killed her son.
(c) A piece of clothe from her deceased father's funeral outfit.
(d) The Verdun.

2. Who is described as an absolute monarch?
(a) Tsar Nicholas II.
(b) Catherine the Great.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) King Louis XVIII.

3. What does the narrator believe about the soldiers he watches?
(a) They join the military seeking redemption.
(b) They were coerced into the military.
(c) No outside thoughts can penetrate their minds.
(d) They join the military seeking honor.

4. Why is the narrator targeted by bullies at his school?
(a) He shows no interest in sports and movies.
(b) He has no shoes.
(c) He has a large, visible birthmark on his face.
(d) He likes to talk to the girls more than the guys.

5. Where does Charlotte store newspaper clippings and photographs from her past?
(a) A huge trunk in the attic.
(b) The Siberian Suitcase.
(c) The Mongolian Suitcase.
(d) The armoire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one soldier get his leg full of splinters?

2. To what does Charlotte compare people who die?

3. To where do the narrator and his sister return?

4. Where does the narrator spend days?

5. How does the narrator take it upon himself to continue his information-gathering about Russia and France?

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