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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters XII through XV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leo not allowed to see Kira do?
(a) Study.
(b) Get dressed.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cook.

2. What has Vasili been doing with his possessions?
(a) Hiding them.
(b) Burning them.
(c) Giving them to other people.
(d) Selling them.

3. What feeling does Kira worship?
(a) Gaiety.
(b) Love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Pleasure.

4. Where does Leo end up working after he starts going to the University?
(a) At the Technological Institute.
(b) For the Communists.
(c) At the state's publishing company.
(d) At the university.

5. Where do Kira and her family arrive at the beginning of this book?
(a) Crimea.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Petrograd.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kira's family travel on the "threshold of a box car"?

2. What of Kira's family's possessions is left?

3. What is the relationship between Victor and Kira?

4. Why does Galina return to their old home?

5. When Kira serves only bread and onions for supper, what does she say?

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