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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Luzhin find the magazines where he studies chess problems?
(a) His father's office.
(b) The library.
(c) His teacher's desk.
(d) His grandfather's former study.

4. Who does Luzhin's father invite to Luzhin's birthday?
(a) A neighbor girl.
(b) Only his own friends.
(c) Luzhin's cousins, aunts, and uncles.
(d) A few of Luzhin's classmates.

5. When Luzhin's family arrives in the city, where does Luzhin run off to?
(a) A library.
(b) A museum.
(c) Nearby woods.
(d) The train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begins to teach Luzhin chess?

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

3. How does Luzhin think fellow students feel about him?

4. What do Luzhin and his father go to gather under the fir trees?

5. What anniversary of Luzhin's grandfather's death is it at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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