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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the wood arrive at Reid Press?
(a) After paying a few small bribes.
(b) After Kuriatin talks with the manager he employs.
(c) After Kuriatin talks with the distributor he employs.
(d) After the ice melts in the spring.

2. When Frank says he does not know in response to Dolly's inquiry about her mother, how does Dolly reply?
(a) She expected as much.
(b) She is surprised.
(c) She knows, but will not tell him.
(d) She does not know either.

3. Who is advancing in power in Russia, appears to be very corrupt, and concerns Frank?
(a) Grigori Rasputin.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Piotr Stolypin.
(d) Nicholas II.

4. Where does Frank meet Kuriatin to discuss the issue when he fails to provide the wood?
(a) Kuriatin's office.
(b) Kuriatin's home.
(c) The steam room at the baths.
(d) Frank's office at Reid Press.

5. Whom is Nellie living with when she meets Frank in Norbury?
(a) Her father and his second wife.
(b) Her sister and her husband?
(c) Her brother and his wife.
(d) Her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Nellie make it clear to Frank she is when they meet?

2. When she met Frank, Nellie was soon to take a qualifying exam for what position?

3. Frank initially takes on an apprenticeship where upon finishing his courses?

4. Whose reputation likely accounts for a portion of Reidka's success?

5. What does Frank's experience with Dolly lead him to believe about a gold cross she requests?

(see the answer key)

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