Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
Why did the father and son come to Moscow?
The boy was coming down with a strange illness.
So that the father could look for work.
To ask people in the streets for money.
Why were the father and son standing in the busy Moscow street?
They were waiting for two of the father's friends.
It was a good place to ask people for money.
The boy was sick and too weak to continue walking.
What did the boy stand looking at for half an hour?
A blue sign.
A big house.
A white notice.
Why did the boy find it hard to look away from what he was looking at?
Because some restaurant lights and lamps dazzled his eyes.
Because human figures were flitting about at the windows.
Because there was something written on it but he could not read the words.
How did the boy finally know what was written on the thing he was looking at?
His father explained to him what the words mean.
His strange sickeness helped him to see better.
It had to the restaurant owner's name because it was haging outside.
What made the boy first begin to move his mouth as if he was eating?
The smell coming from the restaurant.
A picture of an unknown sea animal.
Watching oysters being cleaned and cooked.
What made the boy think that oysters were "nasty"?
They were not cooked but eaten alive.
The cook didn't like to touch them.
They would cry out and bite as you tried to eat them.
Why did the two men take the father and son into the restaurant?
The two men were friends who were meeting the father and son for dinner.
The two men could see they boy was hungry and wanted to buy him some oysters.
The two men wanted to see if the boy really did like to eat oysters.
Why did the boy try to eat the oyster shells?
He was so hungry that he wanted to eat everything on the plate.
He wasn't looking at what he was eating.
People were laughing and he wanted to show them that he could do it.
Why was the father angry at the end of the story?
Because he hadn't asked the two men for money.
Because people had laughed and called the boy silly when he ate the oyster shells.