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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does one soldier get his leg full of splinters?
(a) A tree explodes near him.
(b) Being bombed while holding a wooden spoon.
(c) Sliding down a rough board into a trench.
(d) There is nothing mentioned about a man with splinters.

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

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

4. What is the worst image to haunt Charlotte?
(a) The sight of men who have lost both arms and legs.
(b) The sight of several very young children being shot for stealing.
(c) The sight of several very young German soldiers being tortured.
(d) The sight of elderly people freezing to death on the side of the road.

5. With what do the narrator and his sister struggle?
(a) To enjoy returning to England after the summer is over.
(b) To separate fantasy from reality.
(c) To enjoy their visits to Russia.
(d) To understand their Russian grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems exquisite to the narrator and his sister?

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

3. What does the narrator realize about Charlotte and himself?

4. Where does the narrator spend days?

5. Why is the narrator allowed to stay when they discuss Charlotte in the kitchen in Chapter 8?

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