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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bert informs Frank he recently hires an accountant who is also what?
(a) A manager.
(b) A stock broker.
(c) A poet.
(d) A banker.

2. Selwyn states Frank's difficulty deciding about Miss Kinsman reflects what indecision?
(a) What Frank should do about Miss Kinsman.
(b) What Frank should do about Nellie.
(c) Whether Frank should hire a governess.
(d) Whether Frank should send Dolly and Ben to boarding school.

3. What does Bert die of?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Old age.
(c) Violent protest in Moscow.
(d) Stroke.

4. Frank informs Selwyn about Miss Kinsman, mainly to check what?
(a) Whether he should contact her.
(b) His own understanding of the incident.
(c) What Selwyn knew of her.
(d) If he should hire a governess.

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

6. Frank's father, Bert, dies when?
(a) Winter, 1905.
(b) Spring, 1905.
(c) Autumn, 1905.
(d) Summer, 1905.

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

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

9. In an effort to ingratiate himself with neighboring businesses, Frank arranges to pay for what?
(a) Clearing of snow for the entire block.
(b) A night watchman for the whole block.
(c) Garbage disposal for the whole block.
(d) Fire service for the whole block.

10. The kitchen-mother Frank finds watching his children normally is available for how much per day?
(a) 70 kopeks a day.
(b) 100 kopeks a day.
(c) 90 kopeks a day.
(d) 80 kopeks a day.

11. Who is getting a bear cub as a present?
(a) Mitya Kuriatin.
(b) Andrea Reid.
(c) Ben Reid.
(d) Dolly Reid.

12. After collecting his children where he finds them, Frank takes them where?
(a) Home.
(b) His business.
(c) The church.
(d) His sister's.

13. After reading Nellie's letter, what does Frank tell his staff?
(a) Nellie left for Paris, he doesn't know when she will return.
(b) Nellie left with the children, he doesn't know when she will return.
(c) Nellie left for London with the children, it is unknown when she will return.
(d) Nellie took the children to Bridgeport, he doesn't know when she will return.

14. What employment has Miss Kinsman been at when Frank meets her?
(a) Office clerk.
(b) Governess.
(c) Cook.
(d) Maidservant.

15. Who is born in late autumn of 1911?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Annushka.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Alicia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Selwyn inadvertently leave behind?

2. Where is Miss Kinsman returning to when Frank meets her?

3. In Chapter 6, Frank believes that foreigners will be able to run businesses in Moscow for how many more years?

4. At the tea-room Kuriatin has invited Frank to, waiters career about wheeling large teapots about like what?

5. When Frank asks Miss Kinsman what she seeks, what is her reply?

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