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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlotte's response to the children's request?
(a) She says the families already have too many children.
(b) She says she would never go to the United States.
(c) She agrees wholeheartedly.
(d) She says stealing is wrong.

2. How old is Charlotte the last time she speaks to Albertine?
(a) 25.
(b) 11.
(c) 19.
(d) 55.

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

4. 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 records his grandmother's stories.
(c) He interviews a French family who lives in Moscow.
(d) He breaks into his grandmother's suitcase.

5. Who is teased ruthlessly in school?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Constantine.
(c) Albertine.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte want Albertine to check when Albertine returns to Russia?

2. What does Albertine not have in Russia?

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

4. To what do conversations drift at dinner parties according to the narrator?

5. Who is married to Norbert?

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