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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. How old is Andrei's grandmother in Part 1: Chapter 1?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 1, how long has Andrei been in Russia?

3. What is an ordinary temperature at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1?

4. What year was Andrei in high school when his mother got sick?

5. In Chapter 7 two weeks after depositing Dima's money, how much more does the ruble slip?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 2, how is Seva's visit to the doctor for a physical?

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

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

4. Why is Andrei desperate to leave New York in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

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

7. Who are the people subletting Dima's apartment?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andrei attends a dinner party where Fishman is in attendance. How does Andrei feel about being at a party with Fishman? What success does Fishman have that he does not? How does Fishman make Andrei feel insecure?

Essay Topic 2

Andrei joins a group called October. What are the beliefs of the group? How does the group start to change Andrei’s mind about socialism?

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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