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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the patron saint of printing?
(a) St. Moritz.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. Markus.
(d) St. Modestus.

2. Which of the children does Frank tell Dolly he plans take to meet Charlie?
(a) Only Ben.
(b) Only Dolly.
(c) None of them.
(d) All of them.

3. What does Tvyordor tell Frank he plans to do with his tools?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Give them to No. 2 compositor.
(c) Pass them on to his son.
(d) Toss them in the river.

4. Frank replies how when Volodya asks that they forgive each other on Palm Sunday?
(a) He has already forgven.
(b) He is doing his best.
(c) There is nothing to forgive.
(d) He can never forgive.

5. What message does Frank send Tvyordov the morning after the break-in at the shop?
(a) He has the day off, but no pay.
(b) He has the morning off, but no pay.
(c) He has the day off with pay.
(d) He has the morning off with pay.

6. Who informs the police of the break-in?
(a) The night watchman.
(b) Tvyordov.
(c) Two printing apprentices.
(d) Selwyn.

7. Two very old workers go to the icon corner in the compositors' room at 4:00 p.m. to do what?
(a) Set up an altar.
(b) Take a break.
(c) Quit for the day.
(d) Pray at the altar maintained in the corner.

8. Where does Kuriatin take Charlie outing in his Wolseley car, with Bernov as an interpreter, at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) The Merchant's Market.
(b) The Merchants' Church.
(c) The Moscow Cathedral.
(d) The Chaplaincy.

9. En route to the Trading Rows, Charlie says to Dolly he believes he spoke out of turn earlier as her dad what?
(a) Looked quite put out.
(b) Began to cry.
(c) Uttered a contemptuous reply.
(d) Made a disparaging reply.

10. On Palm Sunday, Lisa takes the children where, with Frank saying he shall join them later?
(a) To look at the flowers.
(b) To worship services.
(c) Out to view the crowds.
(d) To feed the ducks at the lake.

11. Frank's goal is seeing the break-in investigation does not what?
(a) Avoiding future break-ins.
(b) Become a major security issue.
(c) Raise insurance costs.
(d) Frighten Tyvordov away.

12. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, Frank's new cost accountant, offers ideas that would increase profitability, but that would what?
(a) Limit profit margins.
(b) Be hard on the staff.
(c) Decrease the lifespan of machinery.
(d) Require significant investment.

13. Frank is told the Defense Ministry is making him responsible for the burglar to Reid Press, Vladimir Semyonich Grigoriev, and what?
(a) He cannot leave Moscow until Grigoriev's university time is paid for.
(b) He must employ Grigoriev while he is a student at the university.
(c) He cannot leave Moscow while Grigoriev is a student at the university.
(d) He can leave Moscow only while Grigoriev is a student at the university.

14. Bernov says giving everyone the money they deserve defines what?
(a) Impartial.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Nonpartisan.
(d) Fairness.

15. Chapter 18 opens with Charlie admiring Moscow and viewing Frank's life as being out of what literary tale?
(a) Arabian Nights.
(b) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(c) Gulliver's Travels.
(d) Sinbad the Adventurer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night prior to Charlie leaving, when he suggests Lisa accompany him with the children en route home to ease Frank's mind, Frank asks what?

2. The notice releasing Frank of responsibility for Volodya goes on to say there is no further objection to his leaving Russia, and what else?

3. What does the individual Frank finds at work after hours do upon being surprised?

4. Why does the train make a half-hour stop in Mozhaisk before it proceeds toward Berlin?

5. Mrs. Graham disapproves of Lisa's presence in Frank's home and so many men impressed with her beauty, accusing all men of what?

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