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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Luzhin do the previous Christmas with the chocolates meant for his aunt?
(a) He kept the chocolates and gave her a different preset.
(b) He carefully wrapped each chocolate and arranged them in the box for her.
(c) He put the chocolates in a new box to give to her.
(d) He ate half and rearranged the rest to hide the missing ones.

2. What is Luzhin's response to his father, when his father comes to visit him at school?
(a) Luzhin talks a mile a minute to his father.
(b) Luzhin shows little interest in his father.
(c) Luzhin is happy and wants his father to stay.
(d) Luzhin cries and yells at his father.

3. Who begins to teach Luzhin chess?
(a) His tutor.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

4. What anniversary of Luzhin's grandfather's death is it at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The first.
(b) The fifth.
(c) The second.
(d) The tenth.

5. How does Luzhin think fellow students feel about him?
(a) He thinks they hate him.
(b) He thinks they're jealous of him.
(c) He thinks they pity him.
(d) He thinks they admire him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose chess set does Luzhin get interested in?

2. What excuse does Luzhin give the first day he skips school?

3. Where does Luzhin sit during recess?

4. Why have Luzhin's parents put off telling him that they've enrolled him in a school?

5. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?

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