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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Luzhin sick after running away?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) A week.
(d) A day.

2. Where does Luzhin tell his father he learned to play chess?
(a) At school.
(b) From his aunt.
(c) From a friend's father.
(d) In the park.

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

4. How are Luzhin's grades at school?
(a) Luzhin is given incompletes for not finishing his work.
(b) Low.
(c) Perfect.
(d) High.

5. What injury does Luzhin's mother incur, one July day?
(a) She breaks her wrist.
(b) She sprains her foot.
(c) Her arm is pulled out of the socket.
(d) She sprains her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Luzhin place in the German chess tournament in his youth?

2. What does Luzhin's father suspect his son of looking for in illustrated magazines?

3. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?

4. On the first game that Luzhin's opponent doesn't beat him, what is the result?

5. What kind of puzzles does Luzhin enjoy doing?

(see the answer key)

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