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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andrei ask Kira when he gives her a nightgown?
(a) Andrei asks Kira to lie for him.
(b) Andrei asks Kira to marry him and move from Russia.
(c) Andrei asks Kira to leave Leo.
(d) Andrei asks Kira to help hide him from the Communist Party.

2. What does Galina offer Kira when she visits her with things to sell?
(a) Money.
(b) A stack of paper.
(c) Her wedding dress.
(d) Her furniture.

3. Where does Kira tell Leo the money came from?
(a) Her parents.
(b) A wealthy uncle in Budapest.
(c) An error in her paycheck.
(d) Andrei.

4. Why is Leo likely to be the only one to stand trial after the investigation in the food store?
(a) Because Pavel is bringing him to trial.
(b) Because he doesn't have any good connections.
(c) Because it is registered in his name.
(d) Because Andrei wanted it that way.

5. Who does Kira meet that is against the Communist Party?
(a) Tonia.
(b) Sasha.
(c) Irina.
(d) Karp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ends up finding Pavel's note?

2. What does the G.P.U. offer Andrei when they ask him to drop his investigation of the food store?

3. Who does Pavel go after for his share of the money?

4. What does Kira ask Leo to do after his night at the casino?

5. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Kira's influence over Andrei shown during the report on the agrarian situation?

2. What happens between Stepan and Karp at a club?

3. How does Kira and Andrei's relationship change the night he confesses why he had to stop seeing her?

4. What happens when Kira watches a building under construction?

5. How does Kira put Andrei's life in danger by sharing a secret?

6. Why do students have to fill out questionnaires?

7. What is the food store?

8. Why does Victor feel that he cannot get ahead in the Communist Party?

9. What happens to Kira at the House of Peasants that worries her?

10. What makes Leo's illness particularly frightening for Kira?

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