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

2. What does Mme. Petrovich wish Vladimir would focus on?
(a) Fencing.
(b) Archery.
(c) His studies.
(d) His chess playing.

3. What is the only thing Vladimir can think of at the start of Chapter 9?
(a) His mother.
(b) Princess Zasyekin.
(c) Zinaida.
(d) His father.

4. At the start of Chapter 4 where does Vonifaty lead Vladimir?
(a) The garden.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The kitchen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, what does Zinaida instruct Count Malevsky to do for Vladimir?

3. How does Zinaida deliver the invitation to Vladimir to meet her the next evening?

4. Who is the girl in the garden talking to?

5. Why didn't Vladimir's parents marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Princess Zasyekin's reaction to Vladimir's family leaving? What does Vladimir's mother tell her the reason is?

2. Describe the conversation that Zinaida and Vladimir have while winding wool.

3. What is the nickname that Zinaida gives Vladimir?

4. Who gives Zinaida a kitten and why does he give her that gift?

5. Describe what you learn about Vladimir's relationship with his father in Chapter 8.

6. How does Byelovzorov act at Zinaida's party? What is her reaction to him?

7. What does Vladimir realize at the end of Chapter 9? How does he come to this realization?

8. At the start of Chapter 7, Vladimir walks into a party at Zinaida's house. What does he see when he first arrives?

9. Describe the fight between Vladirmir's mother and father in Chapter 20. What was the cause of the fight? What was the result of the fight?

10. Describe Zinaida and Vladimir's farewell.

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