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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. During what month do Muscovites all leave for their dachas?

2. When does Andrei move to Moscow to take care of his grandmother?

3. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?

4. What was the name of the student Fishman got kicked out of school?

5. Who is the one player on the hockey team who does not have a skill in passing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Olympic Stadium, and what permutations has it gone through throughout the years?

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

4. What is Emma Abramovna like in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Baba Seva and her second husband, Uncle Lev, lose their dacha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Andrei struggles when he first moves in with his grandmother. How would you describe their relationship at first? How does their relationship change?

Essay Topic 3

Seva and Andrei have a conversation about lying in Part 2, Chapter 2. Why do Seva and Andrei have a conversation about lying? What did Solzhenitsyn say about lying? What does Andrei think about the lie his grandmother reveals? Does he think she was right or wrong to lie?

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