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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. Where is Emma Abramovna's dacha?
(a) Komarovo.
(b) Zhukovka.
(c) Barvikha.
(d) Peredelkino.

2. How old is Andrei in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 31.
(b) 32.
(c) 33.
(d) 34.

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

4. During what month do Muscovites all leave for their dachas?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) June.

5. When does Andrei remember he last took an annual trip to Europe with his grandmother and brother?
(a) Early 1990s.
(b) 1998.
(c) Late 1990s.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baba Seva go to in the U.S. for her daughter's funeral?

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

3. What color sun hat does Baba Seva always wear?

4. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?

5. What does Andrei's father do for a living?

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