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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Dima when he incorporated his first company?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

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

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

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

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

7. What did Andrei's college advisor used to do?
(a) Play basketball.
(b) Play hockey.
(c) Play soccer.
(d) Play football.

8. What country has Russian recently attacked when Andrei comes to Moscow to stay with his grandmother?
(a) Estonia.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Kyrgyzstan.
(d) Georgia.

9. What color sun hat does Baba Seva always wear?
(a) Mauve.
(b) Beige.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

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

12. How long does Dima stay in Moscow in Chapter 9?
(a) 8 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

13. In Part 2, Chapter 3, where does Yulia Semenova invite Andrei for a small discussion of neoliberalism in higher education?
(a) Respublika.
(b) Falanster bookstore.
(c) Moscow House of Books.
(d) Biblio-Globus.

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

15. How much might Andrei make if he got a real professor job with a real professor salaary?
(a) $90,000.
(b) $60,000 or $70,000.
(c) $85,000.
(d) $75,000 or $80,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one player on the hockey team who does not have a skill in passing?

2. Where does Baba Seva say that Aunt Klava was and then returned to Moscow?

3. Who are subletting Dima's apartment?

4. What type of physicist was Uncle Lev?

5. How much does Fedya tell Andrei to bring to play hockey on a Wednesday in Chapter 8?

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