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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator take it upon himself to continue his information-gathering about Russia and France?
(a) He goes to the library.
(b) He breaks into his grandmother's suitcase.
(c) He records his grandmother's stories.
(d) He interviews a French family who lives in Moscow.

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

3. Who is in Charlotte's former home when she returns to her village?
(a) Albertine.
(b) No one.
(c) Several teens.
(d) A young couple.

4. Who is Norbert?
(a) The narrator's great-grandfather.
(b) The narrator's uncle.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's neighbor.

5. Who likes to lie on Charlotte's living room floor?
(a) The odd girl next door.
(b) The milkmaid.
(c) No one.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what context does the narrator imagine the French villages his grandmother describes?

2. What does Albertine's family not understand?

3. What type of collection does the narrator recall unwrapping with his sister?

4. For what is Nicholas II responsible in the early part of the 20th century?

5. What outrages the narrator concerning France and the Russian revolution?

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