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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 5, when does Emma Abramovna return to Moscow?
(a) 3rd week of September.
(b) September 3.
(c) September 14.
(d) 2nd week of September.

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, how much is the stock exchange down?
(a) 50%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 75%.

5. In Chapter 6, what type of car does Andrei see almost everyone driving?
(a) Black Audi.
(b) Silver Toyota.
(c) Red Ford.
(d) White Chevy.

6. In Chapter 7, what color coat does Baba Sheva wear when she and Andrei go to her bank to convert her rubles to dollars?
(a) White.
(b) Pink.
(c) Navy.
(d) Red.

7. In Chapter 6, when does Dima tell Andrei in an email that he plans to be back in Moscow?
(a) End of October.
(b) End of September.
(c) October 24.
(d) September 30.

8. What type of physicist was Uncle Lev?
(a) Geophysicist.
(b) Agrophysicist.
(c) Quantum physicist.
(d) Astrophysicist.

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

10. What degree did Anton get from a top Moscow university?
(a) Math.
(b) Economics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Law.

11. What year was Andrei in high school when his mother got sick?
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Junior.

12. Who are subletting Dima's apartment?
(a) 3 unmarried men.
(b) A married couple.
(c) A man and his girlfriend.
(d) 4 unmarried men.

13. How much does Richard Sutherland offer to pay Andrei to be his translator in Chapter 6?
(a) $12 an hour.
(b) $5 an hour.
(c) $8 an hour.
(d) $10 an hour.

14. When did Andrei's mother die?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1992.

15. Where did Baba Seva live when she married a geophysicist?
(a) Fryazino.
(b) Belogorsk.
(c) Abinsk.
(d) Dubna.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Emma Abramovna's daughter emigrate to Israel?

2. For which Summer Olympics was the Olympic Stadium in Moscow built?

3. When was Andrei's grandmother awarded her apartment?

4. How long does it take for Andrei to walk to the Kremlin from his grandmother's apartment?

5. How much money in rubles does Andrei's grandmother have in Chapter 7?

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