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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlotte do on the front lines?
(a) Drives an ambulance.
(b) Sews clothing for the soldiers.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Works as a nurse.

2. What happens to the last passenger train when Charlotte arrives at the train station?
(a) It inexplicably leaves on time despite bombs falling.
(b) Nothing unusual.
(c) It is stopped from leaving the station.
(d) It leaves half of its cars on the track.

3. 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.

4. What does Charlotte learn of Fyodor?
(a) He is alive and at their village.
(b) He is on the front somewhere.
(c) He is dead.
(d) Nothing.

5. Why does one soldier mutilate himself?
(a) To convince his superiors to send him to the front instead of being a clerk on the back lines.
(b) To keep from having to return to the front.
(c) He enjoys the sight of his blood.
(d) After receiving a divorce request from his wife.

6. With what are some children concerned about when Charlotte talks to them?
(a) Supernatural experiences.
(b) Finding people to adopt them.
(c) Food.
(d) Life in the United States.

7. Who does the narrator visit in Russian as a young boy?
(a) His maiden aunt.
(b) His Russian grandmother.
(c) His Russian uncle.
(d) His French grandmother.

8. What do the narrator and his sister do to some of the collection?
(a) Give it to kids in the neighborhood.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Paint them another color.
(d) Throw some of it out the window.

9. How does the narrator see his country for the first time from an outsider?
(a) In viewing the interaction between King Phillip and Tsar Nicholas II.
(b) In reading a book about Russia written by an English author.
(c) In viewing the French play, "Les Femmes Savantes."
(d) In reading a book about Russia written by an American author.

10. What is Charlotte's father's occupation?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A administrator.
(d) A physician.

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

12. What happens when the scruffy woman notices the young boy looking at her?
(a) She lies down and sobs.
(b) She turns and runs out of the picture.
(c) She refuses to answer any questions.
(d) She slaps him.

13. What happens to Fyodor when he is dressed as Santa Claus?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He gets stuck in the chimney.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He dies of a heart attack.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the adults not understand about Charlotte?

2. Where does Albertine believe she will ultimately end up?

3. Who is Sergei?

4. What does Charlotte want Albertine to check when Albertine returns to Russia?

5. With what group of Russians is the narrator's grandmother similar in age?

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