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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 & 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator's mother go to the hospital?
(a) To visit a dying aunt.
(b) For tests.
(c) To visit her best friend.
(d) To apply for a job.

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

4. Who is Gavrilych?
(a) The town drunk where the narrator's grandmother lives.
(b) A milkman.
(c) A retired Russian artillery man.
(d) A mail carrier.

5. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?
(a) The sounds of the guns shot by the Russian peasants.
(b) The rush of the flood waters carrying away cows as the Danube floods.
(c) The boom of the explosions in the streets of Madrid.
(d) The glint of the floodwaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe about the soldiers he watches?

2. What causes Pashka to cry?

3. What does the narrator do upon returning to Russia?

4. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?

5. In whose arms does Felix Faure die?

(see the answer key)

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