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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. What is the name of the man who contacts Howard after he meets a girl named Natasha who has her own place?
(a) Avgust.
(b) Sergey.
(c) Vitaly.
(d) Alek.

2. What month is it in Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) July.
(b) Almost June.
(c) April.
(d) Not quite May.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what effective percent of a wage cut did workers in a Siberian oil town have to swallow?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

4. In the Epilogue, when does Andrei return to Moscow for the first time after he gets his job at the university?
(a) February.
(b) Christmas.
(c) January.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 12, what month is it?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 1, how much does Dima sell his apartment for?

2. What type of tea does Andrei give his grandmother that makes her hyper and paranoid in Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. What does it cost Andrei to take his grandmother to the Coffee Grind in Chapter 9?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 6, how many PMOOCs does Andrei have in the summer?

5. What nationality are the men who speak at October's Street University about "cognitive capitalism" (288)?

Short Essay Questions

1. in Part 2, Chapter 6, who are the counterprotesters and what does Sergei say to them?

2. Where and how does Andrei find a dacha where he can take his grandmother?

3. Why is Andrei asked not to bring his grandmother back to the Coffee Grind, and what happens when Andrei protests?

4. What income do Sergei and his wife have coming in, and why is his wife frustrated?

5. What problem does Seva have when she is released from the hospital in Part 2, Chapter 8?

6. What group does Shipalkin belong to, and how do they think they are going to overthrow the regime?

7. How does Andrei's hockey team finally manage to beat the white team?

8. Why does Andrei realize that his grandmother did not enjoy a documentary about Tsvetaeva in Part 2, Chapter 11?

9. What happens to Sergei and Misha?

10. What comments does Yulia have when Andrei tells her about his interview for the job at Watson College?

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