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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 time does Andrei have plumbing problems the day of his grandmother's birthday party?
2. In Chapter 11, how much is a pink sweater at a store that Andrei takes his grandmother to?
3. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what does Andrei tell Yulia is next to Watson College?
4. In Part 2, Chapter 12, what month is it?
5. In Part 3, Chapter 7, how long has Howard been with the Moscow Times?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the town of Petrovo like that Andrei visits with Misha, Boris, and Yulia?
2. What does Dima do about the apartments in Part 3, Chapter 1?
3. What does Dima have to say when Andrei tells him their grandmother fell down the stairs and is at the hospital?
4. What happens to Sergei and Misha?
5. What does Andrei love about Russia and Moscow at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 5?
6. What is Yulia studying, and how does Andrei describe her?
7. Why does Howard decide to leave Russia in Part 3, Chapter 7?
8. Why does Andrei visits Emma Abramovna by himself in Part 3, Chapter 4, and what does she tell him?
9. What income do Sergei and his wife have coming in, and why is his wife frustrated?
10. What job is Andrei offered after he is taken to the police station and questioned?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
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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