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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Luzhin's future wife make him think of, when he first meets him?
(a) His aunt.
(b) A girl at his school.
(c) His mother.
(d) A prostitute.

2. Why is Luzhin afraid of at school?
(a) That others will find out his chess ability and make fun of him.
(b) That someone else will be better than him at chess.
(c) That bullies will beat him up.
(d) That he will not be able to pass his classes.

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

4. How old is young Luzhin at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

5. Who interrupts the chess game?
(a) The janitor.
(b) The substitute teacher.
(c) The class bully.
(d) A new student.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Luzhin's father goes to write a book about a boy like his son, what is the first scene that occurs to him?

2. What kind of puzzles does Luzhin enjoy doing?

3. What year does Luzhin's father begin to write a novel whose main character is a chess-playing boy like his son?

4. Where does Luzhin find the magazines where he studies chess problems?

5. How are Luzhin's grades at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luzhin respond to his fiancee's parents' home?

2. How does Luzhin senior's wife react when he has to go to town for the day?

3. Why does Luzhin's father decide that the boy he wants to write about, based on his son, will die young?

4. Before playing with his son, how does Luzhin's father consider his own chess abilities?

5. What authors does Luzhin like to read?

6. How does Luzhin's father feel when he finally hears that his son is a prodigy?

7. Why does Luzhin hide during his father's party?

8. How does Luzhin's father compare his son to fictional characters?

9. What does Luzhin resent while he is working on a puzzle?

10. How does Luzhin feel about playing chess blind?

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