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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Healing sore throats.
(c) Treating upset stomachs.
(d) Clearing nasal passages.

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

3. Why does the train make a half-hour stop in Mozhaisk before it proceeds toward Berlin?
(a) Changing crews.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) Refuelling.
(d) Switching passengers, cargo.

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

5. What favorite expression of Nellie's arises in Chapter 17 that Frank does not like?
(a) "Do not much care."
(b) "Have a severe headache."
(c) "Not right in the head."
(d) "Get rid of."

6. 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.

7. In Chapter 17, Nellie receives a wire from Charlie advising he will be arriving when in Moscow?
(a) January 31.
(b) May 31.
(c) August 31.
(d) March 31.

8. When Charlie arrives, Frank promptly asks about Nellie and is told what?
(a) He has not seen her for some while.
(b) He believes she is in Ireland.
(c) He believes she is in Great Britain.
(d) She is not with him, but is perfectly well.

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

10. What does Frank do when he spots Lisa and the children across the square on Palm Sunday?
(a) Tells Volodya not to mention the shooting.
(b) Takes Volodya with him.
(c) Tells Volodya not to mention the burglary.
(d) Abandons Volodya.

11. Following the after hours surprise at work, Frank finds Lisa at home doing what?
(a) Reading.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Writing.

12. In Chapter 25, how does Fitzgerald describe the Reid dacha?
(a) A modest wooden cabin.
(b) Little more than a shack.
(c) A small brick house.
(d) An elaborate home.

13. 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 Chaplaincy.
(c) The Merchants' Church.
(d) The Merchant's Market.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is the only time Lisa speaks at dinner?

3. How does Frank reply as Lisa enters the room with the two men and says in Russian, she did not plan to stay knowing he wants to talk with Charlie?

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

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

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