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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose chess set does Luzhin get interested in?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) A party guest's.
(d) His teacher's.

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

3. What excuse does Luzhin give the first day he skips school?
(a) Family circumstances.
(b) That he was sick.
(c) That he twisted his ankle.
(d) That his grandmother died.

4. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?
(a) Wild mint leaves.
(b) White daisies.
(c) Wild red roses.
(d) Red bolete mushrooms.

5. Where does Luzhin sit during recess?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The woodpile.
(c) His desk.
(d) The swing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin do with the chess set he has been carrying with him, after he is able to play openly with his father?

2. Who interrupts Luzhin's first chess lesson?

3. How is Luzhin greeted when he arrives at his aunt's house?

4. When Luzhin suggests teaching his son chess, where in the country house do they find a chess set?

5. Whose telephone call does Luzhin eavesdrop on during the party?

(see the answer key)

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