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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator lie to Pashka?
(a) To convince Pashka to do something for the narrator.
(b) To placate Pashka.
(c) To appear more knowledgeable.
(d) The narrator does not lie.

3. How old is Charlotte the last time she speaks to Albertine?
(a) 25.
(b) 55.
(c) 11.
(d) 19.

4. Who surrounds Charlotte and asks for money?
(a) Samovars.
(b) No one.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Orphan children.

5. Where do Charlotte and her children see a great many mutilated bodies?
(a) They were mannequins; not bodies.
(b) Near a crematorium.
(c) Stacked neatly for burial by the side of the road.
(d) Falling out of a bombed passenger train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte learn of Fyodor?

2. What happens to Fyodor when he is dressed as Santa Claus?

3. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?

4. How old is the narrator when he returns to Charlotte's home for the summer?

5. Who does Charlotte once visit in a Russian village?

(see the answer key)

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