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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is Dima subletting his apartment for?
(a) $2,000 a month.
(b) $3,000 a month.
(c) Several thousand dollars a month.
(d) A few thousand dollars a month.

2. What country has Russian recently attacked when Andrei comes to Moscow to stay with his grandmother?
(a) Estonia.
(b) Kyrgyzstan.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Lithuania.

3. Where did Uncle Lev hope to find oil?
(a) Yamal.
(b) Shaim.
(c) Tyumen Oblast.
(d) Kola.

4. When was Baba Seva born?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1903.

5. When does Andrei move to Moscow to take care of his grandmother?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2007.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baba Seva live when she married a geophysicist?

2. When does Andrei remember he last took an annual trip to Europe with his grandmother and brother?

3. What type of physicist was Uncle Lev?

4. How old is Andrei in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?

(see the answer key)

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