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The Beginning of Spring | Quiz

Penelope Fitzgerald
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The Beginning of Spring | Quiz

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1)

What is Kuriatin supposed to be supplying Reid Press? (from Chapter 8)

Wood to replace old stairs.
Wood for shipping crates.
Wood to construct work tables.
Wood for floor repairs.
2)

The notice releasing Frank of responsibility for Volodya goes on to say there is no further objection to his leaving Russia, and what else? (from Chapter 26)

He is unable to take any Russian citizens with him.
He is urged to do so at his earliest opportunity.
He is unable to take any Russian staff with him.
He must first sell his firm to the Defense Ministry.
3)

Early in Chapter 10, Frank learns Miss Kinsman has left for where? (from Chapter 10)

Alexander Station.
Nicholas I Station.
Lenin Station.
Moscow Station.
4)

As Frank departs the Chaplaincy, Miss Kinsman follows how closely? (from Chapter 9)

Shyly approaching.
Relatively closely.
Approaching at a quick pace.
Some distance.
5)

What is Lisa employed in at Muirka's? (from Chapter 11)

Women's shoes.
Women's garments.
Men's handkerchiefs.
Women's hats.
6)

What does the individual Frank finds at work after hours do upon being surprised? (from Chapter 14)

Turns and runs down the stairs.
Shoots twice at Frank.
Knocks Frank over running past him.
Says hello upon beng surprised.
7)

Before Frank goes to his dacha to collect Lisa and his children, why does he get a Defense Ministry notice releasing him of responsibility for Volodya? (from Chapter 26)

Volodya has finished the university.
Volodya has returned to his home village.
Volodya is undergoing psychiatric treatment.
Volodya is in preventive detention.
8)

The day his children return from the dacha, Selwyn shakes Frank's hand and unexpectedly says that they have been brought together by what? (from Chapter 27)

"The location of the whereabouts of one another."
"The knowledge of the falsehoods we have told to one another."
"The knowledge of the wrongs we have done to one another."
"The knowledge of the personal affairs of one another."
9)

How does Frank decide whether or not to take a police inspector to the office with him after hours? (from Chapter 13)

By taking Selwyn along with him.
By having his pistol in his coat pocket.
By not wanting to waste a single moment.
By tossing a coin.
10)

Mrs. Graham tells Frank she would never suggest Miss Kinsman as a governess as she knows what? (from Chapter 10)

Miss Kinsman yearns to return home.
She cannot manage three children.
Why she left her previous position.
Why Nellie left.
11)

At his home, Selwyn offers Dolly and Charlie a tea of sorts that he brews from nine herbs of healing, and that Dolly says are for what? (from Chapter 20)

Treating upset stomachs.
Clearing nasal passages.
Healing sore throats.
Healing sick cows.
12)

Why do the police leave the scene? (from Chapter 15)

Frank slips them a small bribe.
The police doubt the night watchman.
The policeman doubts Selwyn stating a book was missing.
Frank casts doubt on whether the night watchman saw anything.
13)

What does Frank ask Lisa to do? (from Chapter 11)

Wear her hair in a bun.
Cut her hair.
Wear her hair in plaits.
Wear her hair in pigtails.
14)

When Frank meets them across the square on Palm Sunday, what do the children do? (from Chapter 23)

Beg him to let them go to the dacha with Lisa.
Beg him to let them go for pastry with Lisa.
Beg him to go with them to the dacha with Lisa.
Beg him to let them go for tea with Lisa.
15)

When Frank asks Miss Kinsman what she seeks, what is her reply? (from Chapter 9)

Only a position with Frank's firm.
Only a position in Frank's household.
Nothing.
Only Frank's address.
16)

Frank is used to human warmth, from his Russian work contacts and even his servants, but all Dolly gives him is what? (from Chapter 19)

A fearless glance.
Cold replies to his offers of warmth.
A distant stare.
An emotionless, "me too," when he says he loves her.
17)

What does Frank do when he spots Lisa and the children across the square on Palm Sunday? (from Chapter 23)

Abandons Volodya.
Tells Volodya not to mention the shooting.
Takes Volodya with him.
Tells Volodya not to mention the burglary.
18)

When Charlie arrives, Frank promptly asks about Nellie and is told what? (from Chapter 17)

He believes she is in Ireland.
He believes she is in Great Britain.
She is not with him, but is perfectly well.
He has not seen her for some while.
19)

What is the quickest way to the Reid dacha after getting off at the nearby village railroad station? (from Chapter 25)

Taking a path paralleling a stream.
Walking through the woods.
Following a roundabout way by horse and cart.
Along a winding trail in the woods.
20)

At the beginning of Chapter 27, Frank gets another call from the Alexander station and ends up talking to whom? (from Chapter 27)

Nellie.
Dolly.
Lisa.
Ben.
21)

At the tea-room Kuriatin has invited Frank to, waiters career about wheeling large teapots about like what? (from Chapter 13)

Taxis in the city.
Oversized balloons.
Fish in a glass bowl.
Bumper cars.
22)

What does Mrs. Graham suggest to Frank regarding Lisa? (from Chapter 18)

She may be part of a revolutionary group.
She may be teaching revolutionary theories to the children.
Be using her beauty to advance herself.
She may be seeking to supplant Nellie.
23)

What message does Frank send Tvyordov the morning after the break-in at the shop? (from Chapter 15)

He has the morning off, but no pay.
He has the day off, but no pay.
He has the day off with pay.
He has the morning off with pay.
24)

Kuriatin offers to assume total control of Frank's children, which greatly impresses Bernov, but Frank advises what? (from Chapter 19)

Kuriatin has too many children of his own.
Kuriatin is not sufficiently responsible.
Kuriatin does not really mean it.
Kuriatin is far too busy.
25)

Where is Miss Kinsman returning to when Frank meets her? (from Chapter 9)

England.
Scotland.
Wales.
Ireland.
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