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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 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.

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

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is the name of the postdoc who invites Andrei to a party?
(a) David.
(b) Simon.
(c) William.
(d) Matthew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color sun hat does Baba Seva always wear?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 5, when does Emma Abramovna return to Moscow?

3. For which Summer Olympics was the Olympic Stadium in Moscow built?

4. How old is Andrei in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. What color armchair does Seva have next to her bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Andrei desperate to leave New York in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. How did Andrei's parents remain bound to Russian even after they came to America?

3. In Chapter 6, what happens to Andrei went he goes out with Howard, Roberto, and Michael?

4. After Andrei and his family left Russia, when was the first time that he returned, and why was he shocked on the trip?

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

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

7. Why does Andrei's advisor call him in Part 2, Chapter 4?

8. Why is Andrei late depositing the money for the rent into Dima's account, and does the delay cost or earn Dima money?

9. What is Olympic Stadium, and what permutations has it gone through throughout the years?

10. Who are the people subletting Dima's apartment?

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