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

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 boom of the explosions in the streets of Madrid.
(c) The glint of the floodwaters.
(d) The sounds of the guns shot by the Russian peasants.

2. How does the narrator surpass Charlotte?
(a) In his knowledge of French history.
(b) In his ability as a story teller.
(c) In his skills as a writer.
(d) In his skills as a painter.

3. Where has the narrator's older sister gone?
(a) To Moscow.
(b) To France.
(c) To England.
(d) To Leningrad.

4. What does the narrator recount to Pashka?
(a) Russian history.
(b) Stories about the early founding of the United States.
(c) Stories about fishing.
(d) French history.

5. Who is Beria?
(a) The crazy man next door to the narrator.
(b) A Russian leader who stalks women.
(c) The narrator's mother's uncle.
(d) A French baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator curse at a dinner party?

2. What do the adults do before discussing Charlotte's tales?

3. How does the narrator describe Charlotte's father?

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

5. What do the children dare Charlotte to do?

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