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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 the narrator see Pashka at the dance?
(a) In the men's room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) Down by the lake.

2. 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 sounds of the guns shot by the Russian peasants.
(d) The glint of the floodwaters.

3. What does the narrator's dad begin doing?
(a) Walking in the park for hours each day.
(b) Watching television all the time.
(c) Sleeping on the couch.
(d) Disappearing for hours at a time.

4. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?
(a) The Spanish revolution.
(b) The Russian revolution.
(c) The flood of the Danube.
(d) The Paris flood.

5. Whose visit to France does Charlotte describe to the narrator?
(a) President Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Tsar Nicholas II.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Queen Victoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses the narrator about Beria?

2. What do the adults not understand about Charlotte?

3. What does Charlotte do on the front lines?

4. What thoughts overwhelm the narrator?

5. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?

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