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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say has happened in France since Charlotte has visited the country?
(a) Change.
(b) It is still the same.
(c) People are kinder.
(d) People are meaner.

2. What does the narrator often have with himself?
(a) Long, imaginary conversations with his father.
(b) Confidence-building sessions.
(c) Long, imaginary conversations with his mother.
(d) Long, imaginary conversations with Charlotte.

3. What does the narrator invent in order to publish his book?
(a) A contact in the publishing business.
(b) A translator.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A home address.

4. What are the tekhnars?
(a) A group of Russian soldiers trained as spies.
(b) A group of Russian soldiers trained as assassins.
(c) One of the smaller cliques in the narrator's school.
(d) Mongolians who have settled in Siberia.

5. Why does the narrator refuse to call or contact Charlotte?
(a) He is afraid of hindering his application process.
(b) He is not sure she is really Charlotte.
(c) He is not allowed to have any contact with her.
(d) He is afraid of upsetting her.

6. Where is there an open-air dance floor?
(a) In the stadium.
(b) In the town square.
(c) At the Mountain of Joy.
(d) In Moscow's central park.

7. About what does the narrator feel guilty?
(a) His changed relationship with Charlotte.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His sister having to leave.

8. What does Charlotte do after the young woman is killed?
(a) Goes back to France.
(b) Finds the young woman's family to give them her baby.
(c) Adopts her baby.
(d) Nothing.

9. What does the narrator see that reminds him of Charlotte?
(a) An old lady in a long coat.
(b) A hat like Charlotte used to wear.
(c) A suitcase similar to the Siberian Suitcase.
(d) An empty bottle of vodka.

10. What does the narrator learn months later from Mr. Bond?
(a) Charlotte has moved to Moscow.
(b) Charlotte is under arrest.
(c) Charlotte died in September a year earlier.
(d) Charlotte is very ill.

11. Why is the young woman given a few months of respite?
(a) She gives birth.
(b) She is ill with Tuberculosis.
(c) She knows the head of the KGB in that area.
(d) She is the mistress of the captain of the police.

12. Who moves in with the narrator's family?
(a) The narrator's paternal aunt.
(b) The narrator's first cousin.
(c) The narrator's paternal grandmother.
(d) The narrator's maternal aunt.

13. Where does the narrator find a photo of three women in black dresses?
(a) In the trash outside a neighbor's house.
(b) In a book in the library.
(c) The Siberian Suitcase.
(d) In the alley behind their house.

14. What arrives from the Prefecture de Police?
(a) A request for information.
(b) An arrest warrant.
(c) A letter from Charlotte.
(d) A package.

15. Why is the narrator targeted by bullies at his school?
(a) He shows no interest in sports and movies.
(b) He has a large, visible birthmark on his face.
(c) He has no shoes.
(d) He likes to talk to the girls more than the guys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shocked when the young, French boy does as he promises?

2. What does the narrator find that he can only afford for a few months?

3. Why does the narrator wander around France?

4. What does the narrator scrounge up enough money to buy?

5. What does the narrator do that makes him feel comforted?

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