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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. How does Andrei describe Kira's feelings for him the night they go to the club?
(a) He says it is great.
(b) He says he is disappointed.
(c) He says it is impossible.
(d) He says he isn't surprised.

2. Who does Leo meet in the sanatorium?
(a) His long-lost aunt.
(b) A wealthy woman.
(c) A young woman.
(d) A priest.

3. Who says they have nothing for a future?
(a) Kira.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Leo.
(d) Lydia.

4. How does Kira respond to Andrei giving her more money?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She says her family is financially secure.
(c) She thanks him several times.
(d) She says she will pay him back.

5. Why has no one been assigned the extra rooms of Victor's apartment?
(a) Because he talked to a friend about it.
(b) Because he will be arrested soon.
(c) Because he owns the apartment.
(d) Because Marisha won't allow him to rent them out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kira respond to the mandatory excursion guides' meeting?

2. Why does Kira find it hard to be in the same room with Leo?

3. Who is Tonia?

4. Who does Victor marry?

5. Who joins the Communist Party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the food store?

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

4. How does Kira respond to Andrei's investigation of the food store?

5. What happens when Kira comes home after Victor's wedding party?

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

7. Why does Leo refer to himself as a "gigolo"?

8. What happens with the wedding present Leo bought for Victor?

9. Why has Stepan lost faith in the revolution/Communism?

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

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