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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. When did Emma Abramovna's daughter emigrate to Israel?

2. Eventually, how many nights is Andrei playing soccer in Part 2, Chapter 1?

3. When does Andrei remember he last took an annual trip to Europe with his grandmother and brother?

4. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?

5. How much does Fedya tell Andrei to bring to play hockey on a Wednesday in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, why does Andrei not see Sergei the next week?

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

5. What is Emma Abramovna like in Chapter 5?

6. Why does a man named Richard Sutherland contact Andrei in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. Where does Andrei go to do his classwork when his face is swollen in Chapter 7?

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

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

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book, and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Andrei applies for a job at Watson College. How does an article Andrei writes about Sergei put him in the running for the job? Why does Yulia think he is using people to get the job?

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