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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator spend much time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Playing tennis.
(c) Looking through old photo albums.
(d) Sailing.

3. What is the scruffy woman with the baby wearing in a photo the narrator writes about?
(a) An expensive skirt suit.
(b) A sari.
(c) A man's shapka.
(d) A peasant dress.

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

5. What happens when the scruffy woman notices the young boy looking at her?
(a) She slaps him.
(b) She refuses to answer any questions.
(c) She lies down and sobs.
(d) She turns and runs out of the picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sharlota Norbertovna?

2. Why does Charlotte go to Russia during the war?

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

4. Why does Albertine become lost to the world?

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

(see the answer key)

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