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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day Charlie leaves, at the evening meal, what does Dolly say?
(a) She is glad Uncle Charlie is gone, she was afraid of him.
(b) Neither she nor Lisa will likely ever marry.
(c) She is looking forward to the dacha.
(d) Uncle Charlie kept trying to get her to return to Norbury.

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

3. In Chapter 26, Frank feels he must await the children returning, or else they will be disappointed to miss what?
(a) Spring blossuming at Alexander Garden.
(b) Spring opening of the zoo.
(c) Spring cleaning of the house.
(d) Spring boat sailing along the river.

4. When Frank pays Lisa, he also gives her internal passport so she can say what?
(a) "As long as I'm wanted."
(b) "Whenever I want to."
(c) "Wherever I want to."
(d) "As long as I want to."

5. What does Frank purchase Volodya as they walk away from the Defense Ministry?
(a) Pine cones.
(b) Palm leaves.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Pussy-willow branches.

6. With Selwyn gone, Frank approaches Lisa's unlocked door up the rear stairs and does what?
(a) Opens the door, walks in.
(b) Knocks, awaits for her to respond.
(c) Knocks, then walks in.
(d) Knocks, but she does not answer.

7. Why do the police question a copy of Birch Tree Thoughts is missing?
(a) They are familiar with Selwyn.
(b) They doubt someone would take his book.
(c) They have only the watchman saying he heard shots.
(d) They believe more would be missing.

8. 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) Require significant investment.
(d) Decrease the lifespan of machinery.

9. Following the service for the patron saint of printing, Frank finds Tvyordor doing what?
(a) Finishing his work.
(b) Talking with the No. 2 and No. 3 compositors.
(c) Cleaning his work area.
(d) Packing his tools.

10. What is Frank's response to Lisa's reply upon being told to answer Ben's question about how it was easier for women than a decade ago?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Shock.
(c) Puzzlement.
(d) Laughter.

11. What does Frank tell the individual he finds in the shop to do?
(a) To turn off the lights.
(b) To lock up.
(c) Take the copy of Birch Tree Thoughts that he offers.
(d) To turn out the lights, lock up, leave the key with the watchman.

12. Frank replies how to the Defense Ministry saying he is pursuing steps to be able to sell Reid Press and perhaps leave Russia?
(a) Says he is unaware of anything they are talking about.
(b) Contests no information and says he may visit Great Britain briefly.
(c) Contests no information and says he does not intend to leave presently.
(d) Says he has no plans to sell Reid Press, nor to leave Russia.

13. Selwyn makes a philosophical comment to Frank in Chapter 26 about the two sides of man's nature, leading up to their discussing whom?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Nellie.
(c) Mrs. Graham.
(d) Dolly.

14. Before Frank goes to his dacha to collect Lisa and his children, why does he get a Defense Ministry notice releasing him of responsibility for Volodya?
(a) Volodya has returned to his home village.
(b) Volodya has finished the university.
(c) Volodya is undergoing psychiatric treatment.
(d) Volodya is in preventive detention.

15. The Reid dacha is closely surrounded by trees as the forest had been cut when?
(a) Regularly, but cleared occasionally.
(b) Very rarely, and never cleared.
(c) Occasionally, but never cleared.
(d) Regularly, and cleared frequently.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what night at the dacha is Dolly awakened by the slight noise of a door opening?

2. Frank is used to human warmth, from his Russian work contacts and even his servants, but all Dolly gives him is what?

3. When Frank meets them across the square on Palm Sunday, what do the children do?

4. What does the individual Frank surprises say he is doing after hours?

5. In seeing him off at the station, Frank realizes Charlie seems to have forgotten what?

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