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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Seva is at the neurological hospital, what time are visiting hours?
(a) 8 to 8.
(b) 8 to 5.
(c) 10 to 8.
(d) Noon to 8.

2. In Chapter 6, how many other people than Andrei come to an anti-fascist protest at the Clean Ponds metro stop?
(a) 11.
(b) 24.
(c) 6.
(d) 18.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 7, who is arrested on Saturday after Andrei was questioned after the police station?
(a) Sergei and Misha.
(b) Nikolai and Yulia.
(c) Boris and Nikolai.
(d) Sergei and Boris.

4. What time do the guests start arriving for Seva's birthday party?
(a) 4 p.m.
(b) 5 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 12, about how often does Yulia go home to see her mother?
(a) A couple time a year.
(b) Every 2 months.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Once a month.

6. How many hours is Andrei in custody in Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) About 4.
(b) 2 1/2.
(c) 3 1/2.
(d) Less than 3.

7. When Seva is in the hospital, how much money does Dima tell Andrei to pay the doctor in Chapter 8?
(a) 4,000 rubles.
(b) 2,000 rubles.
(c) 5,000 rubles.
(d) 3,000 rubles.

8. In Part 3, Chapter 4, where does Andrei say that a few years earlier a Chechen terrorist set off a bomb in an underpass?
(a) Pushkin Square.
(b) Borovitskaya Square.
(c) Lubyanka Square.
(d) Manexhnaya Square.

9. When Andrei spends the night at Yulia's apartment in Part 2, Chapter 12, what time does he check on his grandmother?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

10. What time do the guests start going home after the birthday party?
(a) Around 10.
(b) Close to midnight.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

11. In Part 3, Chapter 4, when does Andrei's visa expire?
(a) September.
(b) Mid-August.
(c) Late July.
(d) October.

12. What does it cost Andrei to take his grandmother to the Coffee Grind in Chapter 9?
(a) $25.
(b) $15.
(c) $20.
(d) $10.

13. How long do Andrei, Sergei, and the others spend drinking together in a basement cafe in Chapter 6?
(a) 1 1/2 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 3 1/2 hours.

14. What does Yulia make Andrei to eat while they talk about his interview for the job at Watson College in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Sandwich.
(b) Fish.
(c) Soup.
(d) Hot dogs.

15. How long is the sentence to a labor colony for Sergei and Misha?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how much does Dima tell Andrei that residential property has declined in central Moscow since they last talked?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what effective percent of a wage cut did workers in a Siberian oil town have to swallow?

3. In Chapter 6, how old is Yulia?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 12, what month is it?

5. In Chapter 9, how long does it take Andrei to get groceries and cook for the first time?

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