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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings Pnin to tears at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A documentary about life in Germany.
(b) A documentary about life in Russia.
(c) A paper that one of his students wrote.
(d) A letter from Liza.

2. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A nervous break down.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A seizure.

3. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
(a) He thinks Pnin is strange.
(b) He thinks Pnin is dirty.
(c) He thinks Pnin is mean.
(d) He hates Pnin.

4. Why can't Pnin get his bag back from the man in Chapter 1?
(a) The man does not like foreign people.
(b) The man has dementia.
(c) The man does not understand Pnin's imperfect English.
(d) The man wants to keep the bag for himself.

5. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?
(a) American customs.
(b) Complicated maps, tables, and schedules that are used to navigate train systems.
(c) Different languages.
(d) Complicated mathematic problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book that Pnin is asked to bring back to the library in Chapter 3?

2. What does Pnin use in Chapter 1 that is five years old and, therefore, obsolete?

3. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?

4. How would Pnin's English be described?

5. What does Pnin begin reading in his favorite spot after he talks to the librarian?

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