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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two worlds does the narrator become obsessed with as far as their having a meal together?
(a) The world of the Russian peasant and Russian nobility.
(b) The upper and lower classes in Russia.
(c) France and Russia.
(d) The upper and lower classes in France.

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

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

5. To what village does Charlotte return?
(a) Dno.
(b) Boyarsk.
(c) Sertolovo.
(d) Lesosibirsk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charlotte store newspaper clippings and photographs from her past?

2. With what do the narrator and his sister struggle?

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

4. How old is Charlotte the last time she speaks to Albertine?

5. Upon what does Albertine depend?

(see the answer key)

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