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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?
(a) The rush of the flood waters carrying away cows as the Danube floods.
(b) The glint of the floodwaters.
(c) The boom of the explosions in the streets of Madrid.
(d) The sounds of the guns shot by the Russian peasants.

2. What type of women does the narrator say are so alluring?
(a) French.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) American.

3. How does the narrator describe Charlotte's father?
(a) As a religious and holy man.
(b) As a morphine addict.
(c) As a man always on the wrong side of the law.
(d) As wealthy and well respected.

4. Who is Gavrilych?
(a) A retired Russian artillery man.
(b) The town drunk where the narrator's grandmother lives.
(c) A milkman.
(d) A mail carrier.

5. With what does Charlotte's daughter fall ill?
(a) Scarlett fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Yellow fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?

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

3. What do the narrator and his sister do to some of the collection?

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

5. Who does the narrator visit in Russian as a young boy?

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