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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of dwellings does Albertine move into with each move?
(a) Larger ones.
(b) Newer ones.
(c) Older ones.
(d) Smaller ones.

3. How old is the narrator when he returns to Charlotte's home for the summer?
(a) It is not stated.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 18.

4. To what does the narrator admit when discussing his grandmother's descriptions of France?
(a) Not knowing where reality and fantasy intersect.
(b) Not knowing why his grandmother comes to Russia.
(c) Not understanding his grandmother's memories.
(d) Not understanding Russian culture.

5. What do the adults not understand about Charlotte?
(a) Why she marries a French ex-patriot.
(b) Why she marrys a Russian peasant.
(c) Why she would spend her life in Siberia.
(d) If she loves France.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator take it upon himself to continue his information-gathering about Russia and France?

2. What thoughts overwhelm the narrator?

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

4. Why does the narrator help Pashka?

5. To what village does Charlotte return?

(see the answer key)

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