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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zinaida treat the Petrovich family at dinner?
(a) She is friendly.
(b) She is cold toward them.
(c) She is mean.
(d) She is ridiculously weepy.

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

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

4. What does Byelovzorov claim Zinaida's word is in Chapter 4?
(a) A lie.
(b) Law.
(c) Fact.
(d) The truth.

5. What emotions does Vladimir feel at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Excitement and fear.
(b) Joy and happiness.
(c) Jealousy and depression.
(d) Sadness and sorrow.

6. Who is the girl in the garden talking to?
(a) Her father.
(b) Four old men.
(c) Four young men.
(d) Her mother.

7. Who is Fyodor?
(a) Vladimir's father.
(b) The cook.
(c) Vladimir's brother.
(d) The butler.

8. When Vladimir runs from the garden in Chapter 2, where does he run to?
(a) The boat house.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) His room.
(d) The kitchen.

9. In the prologue, who is sitting with the host after the other guests leave?
(a) Sergey Nicolayevich.
(b) Sergey Nicolayevich and Princess Zinaida Zasyekin.
(c) Vladimir Petrovich.
(d) Sergey Nicolayevich and Vladimir Petrovich.

10. What does Byelovzorov ask for in exchange for his gift to Zinaida?
(a) A hug.
(b) A pie.
(c) A kiss.
(d) Her hand.

11. Where do Vladimir and his father walk in Chapter 8?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) In the garden.
(c) Around the stables.
(d) On the beach.

12. Who is Byelovzorov?
(a) A writer.
(b) A young officer.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A baker.

13. What fear does Vladimir have about his father?
(a) That his father will abandon him.
(b) That he will hit him.
(c) That he will die.
(d) That he will go bankrupt.

14. How does Zinaida treat Vladimir?
(a) She hits him.
(b) She yells at him.
(c) She makes fun of him.
(d) She loves him.

15. How does Vladimir feel before dinner with Princess Zasyekin?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Byelovzorov give Zinaida in Chapter 4?

2. What does Zinaida ask Vladimir when he finds her in the garden?

3. Vladimir ask his father to join him at what after their walk?

4. Where does Zinaida invite Vladimir at the end of Chapter 9?

5. What does Vladimir's father foresee in his future?

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