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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 does Kira enroll as when she fills out her labor card?
(a) A visitor.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A laborer.
(d) A student.

2. Why does Leo get fired from his teaching job?
(a) He teaches anti-Communist lessons.
(b) He refuses to work for free.
(c) He does not show up on time.
(d) He does not know what he is teaching.

3. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?
(a) She doesn't know what prompts them and can't identify them.
(b) She finds them to control her and she sometimes disagrees with them.
(c) She doesn't share them with strangers, only with close friends.
(d) She hides her truest feelings even from herself.

4. How does Kira's father get the apartment?
(a) He finds money.
(b) He pleads.
(c) A bribe.
(d) The landlord is a cousin.

5. What year is it in the beginning of this book?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1898.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Victor and Kira?

2. What does Kira find to be "ignoble"?

3. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?

4. Who calls Kira to the office of the Communist Cell for questioning?

5. How old is Kira?

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