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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what context does the narrator imagine the French villages his grandmother describes?
(a) In the context of the Napoleonic Wars.
(b) In the context of WWI.
(c) In the context of the French tourists the narrator has met.
(d) In the context of Russian villages.

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

3. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?
(a) The flood of the Danube.
(b) The Russian revolution.
(c) The Spanish revolution.
(d) The Paris flood.

4. What type of collection does the narrator recall unwrapping with his sister?
(a) Rock.
(b) Feather.
(c) Ornaments.
(d) Coin.

5. Who is Sharlota Norbertovna?
(a) The narrator's grandmother.
(b) The town spy.
(c) The Russian laundress.
(d) The milkmaid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the nickname of Nicholas II at the time the narrator is in school?

3. Who is Charlotte?

4. What two worlds does the narrator become obsessed with as far as their having a meal together?

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

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