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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Charlotte once visit in a Russian village?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) The young people.
(c) A Russian seer.
(d) A shrine where miracles often happen.

2. Why are the narrator and his sister thrown out of the line?
(a) They are too young.
(b) They have already received their rations.
(c) They have no ration cards.
(d) The others in the line think they intend to cheat.

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

4. Where is Charlotte supposed to lay an object?
(a) On a tombstone.
(b) On a shrine.
(c) On the kitchen counter.
(d) Under her bed.

5. For what do the narrator and his sister stand in line?
(a) Bread.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Vodka.

6. What type of women does the narrator say are so alluring?
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) English.
(d) Russian.

7. Who is in Charlotte's former home when she returns to her village?
(a) No one.
(b) Albertine.
(c) A young couple.
(d) Several teens.

8. What does the narrator spend much time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Looking through old photo albums.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Sailing.

9. Why does Charlotte's father take off in his carriage?
(a) To get to Moscow and leave Russia.
(b) To warn the protesting workers.
(c) To rush to his ill grandson's bedside.
(d) To chase after a very contagious patient.

10. With what do the narrator and his sister struggle?
(a) To separate fantasy from reality.
(b) To enjoy their visits to Russia.
(c) To enjoy returning to England after the summer is over.
(d) To understand their Russian grandfather.

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

12. What does Albertine leave behind?
(a) Several months unpaid rent.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The Siberian suitcase.
(d) Her dog.

13. What is one of the narrator's grandmother's most prized possessions?
(a) The English cross.
(b) The Verdun.
(c) A fragment from the bomb that killed her son.
(d) A piece of clothe from her deceased father's funeral outfit.

14. Who likes to lie on Charlotte's living room floor?
(a) The milkmaid.
(b) No one.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The odd girl next door.

15. What was the nickname of Nicholas II at the time the narrator is in school?
(a) He does not have a nickname.
(b) Nicholas the Fool.
(c) Nicholas the Just.
(d) Nicholas the Bloody.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?

2. What happens a few months after Fyodor goes for reintegration?

3. Who is Norbert?

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

5. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?

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