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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Vladimir in the summer of 1833?
(a) 12.
(b) 25.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

2. In Chapter 7, what does Zinaida instruct Count Malevsky to do for Vladimir?
(a) Write a ticket.
(b) Pull out a chair.
(c) Take his coat.
(d) Get him a drink.

3. What does Mme. Petrovich make Vladimir tell her about at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) His evening at Princess Zasyekin's.
(b) The history of Russia.
(c) His time at the garden.
(d) His opinion of M. Petrovich

4. What does Vladimir's father do to him that almost makes him cry?
(a) Shakes his hand.
(b) Calls him names.
(c) Hits him.
(d) Caresses him tenderly.

5. How does Zinaida deliver the invitation to Vladimir to meet her the next evening?
(a) She sends a letter.
(b) She calls him.
(c) She whispers in his ear.
(d) She sends her mother.

6. What does Vladimir's mother force him to wear to dinner with Princess Zasyekin and Zinaida?
(a) Flowers in his lapel.
(b) A top hat.
(c) His short jacket.
(d) A vest.

7. Why does Zinaida like Count Malevsky?
(a) His money.
(b) His mustache.
(c) His house.
(d) His muscles.

8. What does Vladimir's father say is the whole thing in life?
(a) Belonging to oneself.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

9. What does Princess Zasyekin beg Mme. Petrovich for in Chapter 3 ?
(a) Money.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) A chance to visit.
(d) Food.

10. What is Vladimir doing for Princess Zasyekin at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Yard work.
(b) Copying a petition.
(c) Cleaning her house.
(d) Reading to her.

11. What is Vladimir afraid of his mother finding out in Chapter 9?
(a) That he loves Zinaida.
(b) That he broke a window.
(c) That he stole some food.
(d) That he wants to move out.

12. What does Zinaida ask Vladimir when he finds her in the garden?
(a) If he can pick her some flowers.
(b) If her mother was looking for her.
(c) If he loves her.
(d) If dinner was ready.

13. What does Mme. Petrovich think of Princess Zasyekin?
(a) She is mean.
(b) She is tedious.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is exciting.

14. How does Vladimir's father treat him?
(a) With good-humored indifference.
(b) He hates him.
(c) He fears him.
(d) With love.

15. How does M. Petrovich greet Zinaida when he meets her the first time?
(a) He shakes her hand.
(b) He bows.
(c) He hugs her.
(d) He kisses her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, at what time does Princess Zasyekin say she will meet Mme. Petrovich?

2. Who sits in the corner during the party in Chapter 7?

3. How does Zinaida treat the Petrovich family at dinner?

4. What does Zinaida learn in Chapter 9?

5. What does Vladimir realize at the end of Chapter 9?

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