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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 & 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Charlotte store newspaper clippings and photographs from her past?
(a) The Mongolian Suitcase.
(b) A huge trunk in the attic.
(c) The armoire.
(d) The Siberian Suitcase.

2. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?
(a) Decides to leave immediately for Russia.
(b) Decides to leave immediately for France.
(c) Inject herself with too much morphine.
(d) Write for help to her mother.

3. What does Albertine not have in Russia?
(a) A job.
(b) Family.
(c) Money.
(d) Friends.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator realize about Charlotte?

2. What stops if a child wanders into the room where the adults are talking?

3. Of what does the narrator feel jealous?

4. What is the scruffy woman with the baby wearing in a photo the narrator writes about?

5. What confuses the narrator about Beria?

(see the answer key)

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