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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1952.
2. How long does Dima stay in Moscow in Chapter 9?
(a) 8 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 2 weeks.
3. What did Andrei's college advisor used to do?
(a) Play basketball.
(b) Play football.
(c) Play hockey.
(d) Play soccer.
4. When does Andrei remember he last took an annual trip to Europe with his grandmother and brother?
(a) Late 1990s.
(b) 1995.
(c) Early 1990s.
(d) 1998.
5. When does Andrei move to Moscow to take care of his grandmother?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2007.
Short Answer Questions
1. What degree did Anton get from a top Moscow university?
2. Who was living in Baba Seva's apartment when she wanted to mortage it?
3. When did Andrei's mother die?
4. What does Anton do for a living?
5. Where does Baba Seva say that Aunt Klava was and then returned to Moscow?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why has Andrei become an American, and his brother is essentially Russian?
2. How did Andrei's parents remain bound to Russian even after they came to America?
3. In Part 2, Chapter 4, why does Baba Seva say it is her fault her daughter left Russia and died in America?
4. Why did Baba Seva lose her job at Moscow State, and how did she survive as a widow?
5. How did Baba Seva and her second husband, Uncle Lev, lose their dacha?
6. Why is Andrei desperate to leave New York in Part 1, Chapter 1?
7. What coat does Andrei find that is warmer than the one he brought from New York in Part 2, Chapter 1?
8. How did Baba Seva meet her first husband, Andrei's grandfather, and how did he die?
9. When and how were Jews allowed to emigrate from Russia?
10. What is Olympic Stadium, and what permutations has it gone through throughout the years?
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