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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 feel Ben would understand the answer.
(b) She feels it is unkind asking more of anyone than they can give.
(c) He might understand the answer better were he older.
(d) She does not believe she knows how to explain.

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

3. What is the quickest way to the Reid dacha after getting off at the nearby village railroad station?
(a) Following a roundabout way by horse and cart.
(b) Taking a path paralleling a stream.
(c) Along a winding trail in the woods.
(d) Walking through the woods.

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

5. Frank would like it if Dolly gave Charlie what?
(a) A hug.
(b) A chance.
(c) A tune on the piano.
(d) A kiss on the cheek.

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

7. What are Dolly and Ben doing when Frank arrives home following the after hours incident at Reid Press?
(a) Practicing their instruments.
(b) Reading.
(c) Studying.
(d) Sleeping.

8. When Frank inquires, how does Lisa say she knows Volodya?
(a) From the town of Valdimir.
(b) From Rusalochka's tea room.
(c) From the department store.
(d) From classes at the university.

9. Selwyn takes Charlie to a concert to hear Scriabin play what instrument?
(a) Cello.
(b) Piano.
(c) Clarinet.
(d) Violin.

10. 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 is undergoing psychiatric treatment.
(b) Volodya has finished the university.
(c) Volodya is in preventive detention.
(d) Volodya has returned to his home village.

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

12. 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 sick cows.
(b) Clearing nasal passages.
(c) Healing sore throats.
(d) Treating upset stomachs.

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

14. After Lisa and the children depart on Palm Sunday, Frank gets a call from which division within the Ministry of Defense?
(a) Security.
(b) Information.
(c) Communications.
(d) Political.

15. 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) Puzzlement.
(c) Shock.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Charlie is out with Bernov and Kuriatin in the latter's Wolseley car, Frank receives what at his office?

3. When Frank says he thinks Volodya did not intend to kill him during the burglary, Volodya first replies how?

4. Two very old workers go to the icon corner in the compositors' room at 4:00 p.m. to do what?

5. In Chapter 17, Nellie receives a wire from Charlie advising he will be arriving when in Moscow?

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