1. Why does Nicholas need to whisper to his wolf hound?
(a) He doesn't want the other hounds to hear him call to his hound.
(b) He doesn't want the other hunts men to hear.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He does not want the wolf to hear him calling.

2. Who joins Nicholas for the wolf hunt?
(a) Natasha and Petya.
(b) Petya.
(c) Sonya, Natasha, and Petya.
(d) No one - he goes on it alone.

3. What makes Nicholas decide to return home on leave?
(a) His father writes to him saying that he is afraid Mitenka, their steward, is cheating him but does not know how to prove it.
(b) Sonya writes to him saying she is releasing him from his promise to marry her.
(c) His mother writes him a pleading letter.
(d) The countess begs him to come home to cheer up Natasha.

4. Nicholas is told to give a message to the Tsar. What happens after that?
(a) He delivers it to the Tsar who recognizes him and asks Nicholas what the state of battle is.
(b) He goes to deliver it, hears the Tsar has been killed, and rides back to find his squadron.
(c) He goes to deliver it , hears the Tsar has been wounded, but later finds him alone in the middle of a field unhurt.
(d) He hears that the Tsar has been killed so he goes to deliver it to Kutuzov.

5. What news does Pierre hear from Rostopchin and his adjutant when he arrives back in Moscow after Borodino?
(a) Anatole is dying and Helene has converted to Catholicism.
(b) Anatole and Andrew have been killed and Helene is planning to marry again.
(c) Anatole has had his leg amputated and Helene is leaving Russia for Europe.
(d) Andrew is mortally wounded, and Moscow is being deserted.