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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. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 1, how much does Dima sell his apartment for?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 450,000.
(d) 350,000.

2. Where do Sergei's wife and four-year-old go in Chapter 7?
(a) Dubna.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Aprelevka.
(d) Balashikha.

3. How long do Andrei, Sergei, and the others spend drinking together in a basement cafe in Chapter 6?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 1/2 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 3 1/2 hours.

4. In Part 3, Chapter 6, where do Misha, Boris, and Yulia take Andrei to see "the real Russia" (291)?
(a) Balashikha.
(b) Istra.
(c) Petrovo.
(d) Aprelevka.

5. What time do the guests start arriving for Seva's birthday party?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Andrei have plumbing problems the day of his grandmother's birthday party?

2. When does snow usually first fall in Moscow?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 6, from what century are the churches that Yulia and Andrei walk among on a hill above the Kiev city center?

4. In Chapter 8, how much money does Andrei give the paramedics?

5. After how many years of astounding economic growth, did the economy slip into recession in Part 3, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dima do about the apartments in Part 3, Chapter 1?

3. What is Yulia studying, and how does Andrei describe her?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Seva?

8. Why is the warm weather good for October?

9. In Part 3, Chapter 5, what does Misha say about leaving Russia?

10. Why does Andrei visits Emma Abramovna by himself in Part 3, Chapter 4, and what does she tell him?

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