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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When is the last time Charlotte speaks to Albertine?
(a) When Albertine goes to a rehab hospital.
(b) When Albertine climbs into a cab to go to the airport to visit France.
(c) When Albertine leaves for Russia for one last visit.
(d) Just before Albertine dies in the hospital.

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

5. What two worlds does the narrator become obsessed with as far as their having a meal together?
(a) The world of the Russian peasant and Russian nobility.
(b) The upper and lower classes in Russia.
(c) The upper and lower classes in France.
(d) France and Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one soldier get his leg full of splinters?

2. Why does one soldier mutilate himself?

3. How many of Charlotte's tales does the narrator write about that have had a strong impact on him?

4. What type of collection does the narrator recall unwrapping with his sister?

5. What does Albertine leave behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the children are put to bed?

2. How does Sergei find another way for the family to flee and what does Charlotte realize as they do so?

3. How does Albertine surprise Charlotte one day and what is left behind?

4. What impresses the narrator about his maternal grandfather?

5. How does Charlotte end up returning to Russia and what is her response when she arrives there?

6. What happens after Fyodor is arrested?

7. How does missing a train save Charlotte and her children's lives?

8. What happens when the narrator and his sister go for oranges?

9. What is the story does the narrator relate about Charlotte's rock collection?

10. What is one of the childhood memories of Charlotte's that has left an impact on the narrator?

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