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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long after the cold settles in in Part 2, Chapter 1, does Andrei decide he needs a warmer coat?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 5 days.

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

4. Eventually, how many nights is Andrei playing soccer in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

5. How long does Andrei's face look bad in Chapter 6?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) A week.

6. Where did Baba Seva go to in the U.S. for her daughter's funeral?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Bangor.

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

8. Who is the one player on the hockey team who does not have a skill in passing?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Grisha.
(c) Alyosha.
(d) Fedya.

9. When was Andrei's grandfather Boris Lipkin killed?
(a) 2 months after Andrei's mother was born.
(b) A year after Andrei's mother was born.
(c) 8 months after Andrei's mother was born.
(d) A month after Andrei's mother was born.

10. Where is Sonya, the girl Andrei meets on a dating site in Chapter 5, from?
(a) Khimki.
(b) Pudolsk.
(c) Rostov.
(d) Serpukhov.

11. For the first few years after Andrei's mother went to America, how often did she write Baba Seva?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every other month.

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

13. How much money in rubles does Andrei's grandmother have in Chapter 7?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 15,000.

14. How much does Fedya tell Andrei to bring to play hockey on a Wednesday in Chapter 8?
(a) 500 rubles.
(b) 250 rubles.
(c) 200 rubles.
(d) 600 rubles.

15. When was Andrei's grandmother awarded her apartment?
(a) Late 1940s.
(b) 1946.
(c) Early 1940s.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Emma Abramovna move to Russia?

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

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what color warm jacket does Andrei find in the closet in the back room that belonged to Uncle Lev?

5. What is an ordinary temperature at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1?

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