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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. How old is Andrei in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 34.
(b) 32.
(c) 33.
(d) 31.

2. In Chapter 7, how much do groceries go up in price?
(a) 8%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 5%.

3. Who are subletting Dima's apartment?
(a) A married couple.
(b) A man and his girlfriend.
(c) 4 unmarried men.
(d) 3 unmarried men.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 1, when does Andrei regularly play hockey?

2. What country has Russian recently attacked when Andrei comes to Moscow to stay with his grandmother?

3. When was Baba Seva born?

4. Where did Uncle Lev and Baba Seva have a dacha?

5. At the end of Chapter 7 because of the bule's devaluation, how much cheaper are Andrei's cappuccinos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Andrei learn about Sergei when he looks him up on the internet?

2. What is Emma Abramovna like in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Andrei finally find his grandmother some Belarus slippers?

4. Why does Andrei start going to a bookstore/bar called Bilingua, and why does he stop?

5. What is it like when Andrei and his grandmother go grocery shopping?

6. What advice did Andrei's advisor try to give him about getting a job?

7. How did Baba Seva and her second husband, Uncle Lev, lose their dacha?

8. In Part 2, Chapter 5, why does Andrei not see Sergei the next week?

9. How did Baba Seva meet her first husband, Andrei's grandfather, and how did he die?

10. In Part 1, Chapter 2, how is Baba Seva's early history described?

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