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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following languages does Mieczyś associate pain?
(a) Latin.
(b) Greek.
(c) English.
(d) Hebrew.

2. Which of the following had Mieczyś quailed from in his childhood basement?
(a) A snake.
(b) A toad.
(c) A rat.
(d) An owl.

3. On what street in Lwów had Mieczyś lived with his father?
(a) Cłowa.
(b) Czarnecki.
(c) Easy.
(d) Pańska.

4. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Before the droshky moved off, with a sort of mischievous joy she threw it up in the air, letting it fall straight into her mouth.”
(b) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(c) “We are always here.”
(d) “The view is obscured by clouds of steam from the locomotive that trail along the platform.”

5. What is the name of Mieczyś’s uncle?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Józef.
(c) Emil.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mieczyś’s father used as aftershave?

2. What color of coat is Mieczyś wearing when he is introduced to the novel?

3. Which of the following does Mieczyś recall having visited?

4. Near what sea does August claim mantises arise?

5. With what character does Mieczyś identify?

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