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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the student Fishman got kicked out of school?
(a) Jake.
(b) Brian.
(c) Charles.
(d) Vincent.

2. What type of business does Fedya have?
(a) Chain of bookstores.
(b) Chain of restaurants.
(c) Chain of hotels.
(d) Several grocery stores.

3. After Andrei's mother died, where did his father move?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Nantucket.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Provincetown.

4. Where does Baba Seva want Andrei to help her find slippers from in Chapter 8?
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Belarus.
(c) Moldova.
(d) Lithuania.

5. When did Emma Abramovna's daughter emigrate to Israel?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1991.
(c) Early 1990s.
(d) Late 1980s.

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

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

8. What does Anton do for a living?
(a) Banker.
(b) Has an agricultural business.
(c) Corporate lawyer.
(d) Owns a sugar factory.

9. What was the name of a group that Sergei and his friends had organized?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) November.

10. What color armchair does Seva have next to her bed?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

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

12. What is the first book read for the fall PMOOC section that Andrei is in charge of for Jeff Wilson's class?
(a) Resurrection.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) Family Happiness.
(d) The Cossacks.

13. In Part 2, Chapter 1, where did Vanya go last year?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Istanbul.

14. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1988.

15. 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) Navy.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is the name of the postdoc who invites Andrei to a party?

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

4. How much might Andrei make if he got a real professor job with a real professor salaary?

5. How long does Andrei's face look bad in Chapter 6?

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