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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. What does the narrator need in order to obtain a French passport?
(a) Proof of his Russian birth.
(b) Enough money to purchase a ticket to Russia.
(c) His French naturalization papers.
(d) Proof of his French birth.

2. What does the narrator find that he can only afford for a few months?
(a) A car to rent.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A villa to recuperate from surgery.
(d) A private-duty nurse.

3. Who surrounds Charlotte and asks for money?
(a) Samovars.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) No one.
(d) Orphan children.

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

5. What happens one day to Pashka?
(a) He solves a math problem no one has done before.
(b) He is fired.
(c) He nearly drowns for real.
(d) He has a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think Charlotte would never leave?

2. How does the narrator insult his dance partner?

3. Where has the narrator's older sister gone?

4. Who is Beria?

5. Why does the narrator refuse to call or contact Charlotte?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator think he is being accepted by his classmates, what does he see as the three types of cliques in a crowd and how does his acceptance affect his writing?

2. Why does the narrator not call or write Charlotte after he finds her and what does he do while waiting to see her?

3. What story does the narrator relate to Pashka?

4. Why does the narrator hire a private detective?

5. What does the narrator do about a place for Charlotte when she comes to visit?

6. How does the narrator feel about the women in the photo and how does he try to return to the comfort of his childhood?

7. What does the narrator do about three years after staying in the tombs and why was it difficult to do? How did he overcome the difficulty?

8. What does the narrator do after he accidentally insults a girl at a dance?

9. What does the narrator learn from Mr. Bond about Charlotte in the last chapter?

10. How does Pashka almost drown once?

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