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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. What type of tea does Andrei give his grandmother that makes her hyper and paranoid in Part 3, Chapter 4?

2. How much does Seraphima Mikhailovna charge everytime she comes and cooks for Andrei and Seva?

3. After taking the subway and then a bus, how far do Andrei and Yulia have to walk to Nikolai's dacha in Part 3, Chapter 1?

4. Who asks Katya for her number at Seva's birthday party?

5. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what effective percent of a wage cut did workers in a Siberian oil town have to swallow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Andrei's interview go for the teaching position at Watson College?

3. How did Seva's stay in the hospital destroy her mobility?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 10, what did Shipalkin do to get arrested?

5. What is the town of Petrovo like that Andrei visits with Misha, Boris, and Yulia?

6. What does Dima have to say when Andrei tells him their grandmother fell down the stairs and is at the hospital?

7. How does Andrei's hockey team finally manage to beat the white team?

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

9. What problem does Andrei have the morning of his grandmother's birthday party?

10. What is Kiev like when Andrei visits with Yulia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andrei feels lonely. Why does Andrei feel lonely? What activities does he get involved in? How do hockey, a dinner party, and a political group provide meaningful social relationships? How do they provide the sense of camaraderie he was lacking?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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