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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Baba Seva want Andrei to help her find slippers from in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 8, what band is to play at the Olympic Stadium?

3. What color backpack does Andrei find in the closet in the back room that he can use for his hockey things?

4. In Chapter 6, what does the driver who takes Andrei and Howard home give Andrei to make him feel better?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 1, where does Andrei find a third hockey game to play on Mondays?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Baba Seva, and what is her situation in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 4, why does Baba Seva say it is her fault her daughter left Russia and died in America?

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

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

7. Why does Andrei arrive an hour late for a dinner party in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andrei struggles to have a social life. Why is Andrei lonely? How does he try to make friends? Why is being with his grandmother not enough of a social life for him? Why is it so important for him to have a social life?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does the author use artistic license to make the novel seem realistic and like it could have happened?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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