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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Luzhin play chess with at his aunt's house?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His aunt's butler.
(c) His aunt's maid.
(d) An old man who brings his aunt flowers.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luzhin's mother always have beside her, after she injures herself?

2. When Luzhin runs away from home, what does he learn from his aunt?

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

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

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

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