1. Why does Jaromil begin taking lesson from the art teacher?
(a) Maman took an interest in the art teacher.
(b) He was tired of drawing people with dogs' heads.
(c) He thought the art teacher would make a good father.
(d) His art was consistently mediocre.

2. What reason does the poet's father give for not having more children?
(a) He was forced to compromise for one child in the beginning, so Maman should compromise and be happy with only one.
(b) He cannot afford to raise more children.
(c) He is about to go to war and would not be a part of the children's lives.
(d) Jaromil is such a nuisance that he does not want more like him.

3. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?
(a) The amount of time and care that went into them.
(b) Jaromil's own modesty when presenting them.
(c) The original inner world that they revealed.
(d) The high degree of talent which they exhibited.

4. Why does the artist begin loaning books to Jaromil?
(a) So that Jaromil will study in his spare time.
(b) So that Maman will be unafraid to read them.
(c) He wants Jaromil to think that he is very smart.
(d) He wants to expand Jaromil's knowledge of art.

5. What is Maman's attitude about her affair?
(a) She loves the artist and sees the affair as something beautiful.
(b) She does not love the artist but sees the affair as something beautiful.
(c) She is hoping to leave her husband for the artist.
(d) She does not love the artist but is afraid that if she leaves him, he will refuse to teach Jaromil.