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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?
(a) Their religion is being persecuted.
(b) The father is in trouble with the police.
(c) The revolution has ended.
(d) Their visas have expired.

2. What is memorable about this first memory?
(a) He understands that everyone must eat.
(b) He understands that he is a separate being from his father and mother.
(c) He wonders where his parents are.
(d) He realizes he has the ability to control his own body.

3. To what does the memory of the bracelet lead?
(a) An important memory about his father.
(b) An important memory about his mother.
(c) An important memory about Colette.
(d) An important memory about Mademoiselle.

4. Why does Nabokov's mother often wander the estate's forest?
(a) She becomes lost easily.
(b) To search for mushrooms.
(c) She loves the estate property.
(d) It helps clear her mind.

5. Though many doubt this ailment, What happens to Ivanovich?
(a) He ends up with scoliosis.
(b) He dies from lung cancer.
(c) He slips a disc.
(d) He dies of a heart ailment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what descent is Nabokov's mother?

2. What would change throughout Nabokov's childhood, depending on the prevailing advice of the family's current medical consultant?

3. What does Nabokov learn to read and write before Russian or French?

4. What is the common name for Boletusoften?

5. From where is the family returning to Russia?

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