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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At his home, Selwyn offers Dolly and Charlie a tea of sorts that he brews from nine herbs of healing, and that Dolly says are for what?
(a) Healing sore throats.
(b) Clearing nasal passages.
(c) Healing sick cows.
(d) Treating upset stomachs.

3. What does the individual Frank finds at work after hours do upon being surprised?
(a) Shoots twice at Frank.
(b) Knocks Frank over running past him.
(c) Says hello upon beng surprised.
(d) Turns and runs down the stairs.

4. 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?
(a) If he has asked her.
(b) Why does he think the children should leave.
(c) Who will take care of the children in Norbury.
(d) If Nellie will meet them.

5. Dolly offers that Uncle Charlie should be leaving soon as he had not brought her mother back, and what else?
(a) He enjoys living there for free.
(b) He has not spent much time with the children.
(c) He cannot say when she will be back.
(d) He is only interested in Lisa.

6. 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) Made a disparaging reply.
(d) Uttered a contemptuous reply.

7. What does Mrs. Graham suggest to Frank regarding Lisa?
(a) Be using her beauty to advance herself.
(b) She may be teaching revolutionary theories to the children.
(c) She may be part of a revolutionary group.
(d) She may be seeking to supplant Nellie.

8. 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.

9. During their walk, Charlie suggests to Frank he return where with his children?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) Wales.

10. What are Frank's No. 2 and No. 3 compositors most upset by?
(a) Tyvordov being absent.
(b) Frank playing the incident down.
(c) The holes in Tyvordov's apron.
(d) Knowing an incident happened in their work area.

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

12. Volodya adds he shot at Frank because he took Lisa into his home, he had met her in the library, and spoke to her how many times?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

13. As Frank tells Lisa to answer Ben's query about why it is better for women now than ten years ago, she puts down her spoon and responds how?
(a) She does not believe she knows how to explain.
(b) She does not feel Ben would understand the answer.
(c) He might understand the answer better were he older.
(d) She feels it is unkind asking more of anyone than they can give.

14. Following the concert, Selwyn instructs Charlie to stop to look at what?
(a) City fountains.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) An art museum.
(d) The stars.

15. The night she follows Lisa in the woods outside the dacha, why is Dolly limping?
(a) Her shoes are untied.
(b) She is not wearing socks.
(c) Lisa is walking too fast.
(d) She twists her ankle

Short Answer Questions

1. On Palm Sunday, Lisa takes the children where, with Frank saying he shall join them later?

2. When Frank asks Lisa what she is going to say to him as she departs with the children for the dacha, she responds how after a brief pause?

3. When Frank inquires, how does Lisa say she knows Volodya?

4. At tea at Selwyn's with Charlie, Dolly suddenly states, "Uncle Charlie wants to take us back with him to Norbury," and also adds what?

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

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