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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frank calls whom immediately after reading Nellie's letter?
(a) His minister.
(b) His chief accountant.
(c) His attorney.
(d) The train station for the schedule.

2. At the tea-room Kuriatin has invited Frank to, waiters career about wheeling large teapots about like what?
(a) Oversized balloons.
(b) Taxis in the city.
(c) Fish in a glass bowl.
(d) Bumper cars.

3. What property does Frank desire to sell?
(a) A lot next to Reid Press.
(b) A storage unit next to Reid Press.
(c) The property where the gigantic press is located.
(d) A small residence in Germany.

4. At home, Frank hires Dunyasha to help Nellie with what?
(a) The cooking.
(b) The children.
(c) The general care of the home.
(d) The cleaning.

5. Where does Frank work in Frankfurt, Germany?
(a) Hurstfeld's Printing Machinery.
(b) Hirsch's Printing Machinery.
(c) Hirschfeld's Printing Machinery.
(d) Heidelburg Printing Machinery.

6. In Chapter 13, what does Selwyn have concern about?
(a) The giant press.
(b) Lisa.
(c) His book.
(d) Frank's children.

7. What is Kuriatin supposed to be supplying Reid Press?
(a) Wood to replace old stairs.
(b) Wood for shipping crates.
(c) Wood to construct work tables.
(d) Wood for floor repairs.

8. Why does Frank select a taxi that appears as though it were just starting for the day rather than one that was running all night?
(a) The taxi running all night is more likely to break down.
(b) The taxi just starting would move faster.
(c) The operator driving all night is likely to have been drinking.
(d) The taxi just starting is more likely to be clean.

9. The choral society Frank and Nellie met at was performing what at the time?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Hiawatha.
(c) Hialeah.
(d) Hiatus Hernia.

10. What does Frank ask Lisa to do?
(a) Cut her hair.
(b) Wear her hair in plaits.
(c) Wear her hair in pigtails.
(d) Wear her hair in a bun.

11. When the cheating overseer asks for his internal passport, what is Frank's response?
(a) Withholds it until he pays the employees back.
(b) Gives it to him.
(c) Withholds it until he agrees to pay the employees back.
(d) Withholds it from him.

12. When Frank arrives where his children were said to be at, he is told they are now where?
(a) A local mission house.
(b) The home of the station master.
(c) The fire station.
(d) The home of the police chief.

13. Whom does Nellie take with her when she leaves home?
(a) Dolly, Ben, Andrea.
(b) Dolly, Ben, Alexandra.
(c) Dolly, Ben, Alicia.
(d) Dolly, Ben, Annushka.

14. As Frank and the children await in the dining room on Lisa's first day, how does she arrive?
(a) Late.
(b) With her hair cut.
(c) Tired.
(d) In a new dress.

15. In Chapter 2, Frank receives a call informing him his children are being taken care of where?
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The police station.
(c) The train station.
(d) The station master's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the novel's opening paragraph, Nellie has taken her three children and left, presumably for where?

2. What employment has Miss Kinsman been at when Frank meets her?

3. When did Frank's father start his machinery sales business?

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

5. How does Selwyn initially describe Lisa Ivanovna to Frank as?

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