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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Gavrilych?
(a) A mail carrier.
(b) The town drunk where the narrator's grandmother lives.
(c) A milkman.
(d) A retired Russian artillery man.

3. Who is Charlotte?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The narrator's Russian grandmother.
(c) The narrator's teacher.
(d) The narrator's French grandmother.

4. Who is married to Norbert?
(a) It is not specified.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Albertine.
(d) Constantine.

5. To what does the narrator admit when discussing his grandmother's descriptions of France?
(a) Not understanding Russian culture.
(b) Not knowing why his grandmother comes to Russia.
(c) Not understanding his grandmother's memories.
(d) Not knowing where reality and fantasy intersect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Albertine believe she will ultimately end up?

2. Whose visit to France does Charlotte describe to the narrator?

3. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?

4. What woman does the narrator introduce at the opening?

5. What type of dwellings does Albertine move into with each move?

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