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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many hours do Baba Sheva and Andrei wait to conduct their business at the bank in Chapter 7?
(a) About 3 hours.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) More than 2 hours.

5. How much does Stepan charge to fix the hot water in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) $50.
(b) $45.
(c) $60.
(d) $55.

6. In Part 2, Chapter 1, how long has Andrei been in Russia?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 months.

7. What color backpack does Andrei find in the closet in the back room that he can use for his hockey things?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

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

9. When did oil bankroll the Soviet military buildup?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1960s.

10. What does Andrei's father do for a living?
(a) Architect.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Computer programmer.

11. What is an ordinary temperature at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) 10 degrees.
(b) 15 degrees.
(c) 5 degrees.
(d) 0 degrees.

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

13. In Part 2, Chapter 1, at what temperature do people loosen their collars and take off their hats?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

14. What did Andrei's grandmother teach at Moscow State University when she was young?
(a) Biology.
(b) Botany.
(c) History.
(d) Philosophy.

15. When did Andrei and his parents leave the Soviet Union?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are subletting Dima's apartment?

3. Where was Emma Abramovna from originally?

4. How much money would Andrei need to buy Dima out and be able to keep his grandmother's apartment?

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

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