1. What is Luzhin doing when he notices two other students taking out a chess set?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Drawing on his desk.
(c) Carving a piece of wood.
(d) Sharpening pencils.

2. When he wakes in the hospital, what does Luzhin ask a nurse?
(a) What time is it?
(b) What day is it?
(c) Who are you?
(d) Where am I?

3. What does Luzhin do with the chess set he has been carrying with him, after he is able to play openly with his father?
(a) He sells it.
(b) He gives it away.
(c) He hides it in his bed.
(d) He buries it.

4. What does Luzhin do when he goes up to his room after he's met his future wife's mother?
(a) He works on his chess game.
(b) He writes a letter to his future wife.
(c) He eats a meal.
(d) He takes a nap.

5. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. Three days before Luzhin's departure, when he is walking with his future wife and her mother, what does the mother ask her daughter to run back and get for her?

2. What year is the desk calendar that Luzhin's fiancee finds in his room?

3. Where does Luzhin find himself, as he tries to walk toward where he wants to go?

4. What present does Luzhin's fiancee bring to him at his hotel room?

5. What do the doctor and Luzhin's fiancee call his years of playing chess?

(see the answer key)

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