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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops if a child wanders into the room where the adults are talking?
(a) The adults' conversation about the economy.
(b) The adults' conversation about Charlotte.
(c) The adults' conversation about WWII.
(d) The adults' conversation about Albertine.

2. What do the adults do before discussing Charlotte's tales?
(a) Ask Charlotte to tell them a story.
(b) Pass the vodka around.
(c) Put the children to bed.
(d) Tell the children to go outside and play.

3. How many of Charlotte's tales does the narrator write about that have had a strong impact on him?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

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

5. Upon what does Albertine depend?
(a) Government subsidies.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Her son's love.
(d) Her family's largesse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Felix Faure?

2. From what does Charlotte's husband die?

3. Who is Gavrilych?

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

5. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?

(see the answer key)

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