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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?
(a) Grass.
(b) Geraniums.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?
(a) He is Nabokov's butterfly instructor.
(b) He is Nabokov's botanist.
(c) He is Nabokov's science instructor.
(d) He is Nabokov's drawing instructor.

3. What mystifies the two boys about Mademoiselle?
(a) She reads many novels to the boys, all in French, with a smooth, gentle voice.
(b) She is kind most of the timea but can easily lose her temper.
(c)
(d) She has children that visit her once a month, but she never allows the two boys to play with her children.

4. From where does Mademoiselle come?
(a) France.
(b) Africa.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Switzerland.

5. What does Nabokov's mother do on the trip to Paris?
(a) Watches as Russian, and then German, towns glide by.
(b) Plays games with her children.
(c) Talks to her husband.
(d) Sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vladimir continue to do while in exile in Berlin?

2. What is Vladimir elected to, which the Tsar dissolves?

3. How many children do the Nabokovs eventually have?

4. How does the family spend their time in this town?

5. Why does Nabokov's mother often wander the estate's forest?

(see the answer key)

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