2. What is it about Victor that troubles his parents?
(a) He gets into trouble a lot at school.
(b) He is always angry and they don't know why.
(c) He is peculiar; he is an exceptionally easy child.
(d) He never talks and is very distant.

3. At the party in Chapter 5, how old are most of the women?
(a) Forties.
(b) Sixties.
(c) Mid-thirties.
(d) Fifties.

4. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?
(a) About mid-forties.
(b) Most in their fifties.
(c) Around thirty.
(d) Well into their sixties or older.

5. In Chapter 6, how is Pnin feeling about his lack of students this semester?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

6. Victor is happy about the book that Pnin picked out for him. Whom does he mistake its author for?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Jack London.

7. In Chapter 4, what is the nature of Victor and Pnin's conversation during dinner?
(a) Lively.
(b) Somewhat strained.
(c) Engaging.
(d) No conversation.

8. At the party in Chapter 5, what book does Pnin end up getting into an argument with Bolotov over?
(a) "Pride and Prejudice".
(b) "Crime and Punishment".
(c) "Call of the Wild".
(d) 'Anna Karenina'.

9. In Chapter 4, what does Pnin buy Victor in preparation for his visit?
(a) A basketball and a novel by Mark Twain.
(b) A baseball and a novel by Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) A football and a novel by Jack London.
(d) A volleyball and a novel by Jane Austen.

10. How old is Victor in Chapter 4?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fourteen.

11. After Pnin learns that one of his guests at his party is engaged, what does he wish?
(a) That he will never have to be married again.
(b) That he was still with Liza.
(c) That he could be married too.
(d) That he might have once courted her.

12. When does Victor learn of Pnin's existence?
(a) When he is a little boy.
(b) Not until his parent's marriage has dissolved.
(c) He found a letter that Pnin had written his mother two years before.
(d) He found his mom and Pnin's wedding picture the year before.

13. Who runs the school that Victor attends?
(a) A man with a doctorate from Harvard.
(b) A Catholic priest.
(c) A renowned artist.
(d) An Episcopalian clergyman.

14. In Chapter 6, what university does Pnin learn his friend tried to get him a position at?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Waindell.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Seaboard.

15. At the end of Chapter 6, what is Pnin worried that he broke while cleaning up after the housewarming party?
(a) A beautiful bowl that Victor sent him.
(b) A vase from his marriage to Liza.
(c) A goblet.
(d) His mother's priceless china.