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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. Where does Baba Seva say that Aunt Klava was and then returned to Moscow?
(a) Vorkuta.
(b) Norilsk.
(c) Solovetsky.
(d) Kazakhstan.

2. How much is Dima subletting his apartment for?
(a) Several thousand dollars a month.
(b) $2,000 a month.
(c) A few thousand dollars a month.
(d) $3,000 a month.

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

4. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1983.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are subletting Dima's apartment?

3. What degree did Anton get from a top Moscow university?

4. What year was Andrei in high school when his mother got sick?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 1, how long has Andrei been in Russia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Baba Seva tell Andrei about Aunt Klava in Part 2, Chapter 2?

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

4. Why did Baba Seva lose her job at Moscow State, and how did she survive as a widow?

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

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

7. What plans does Dima have for Baba Seva in Chapter 9?

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

9. In Part 2, Chapter 2, how is Seva's visit to the doctor for a physical?

10. Why has Andrei become an American, and his brother is essentially Russian?

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