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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Frank arrives where his children were said to be at, he is told they are now where?
(a) The fire station.
(b) The home of the police chief.
(c) A local mission house.
(d) The home of the station master.

2. Whom does Nellie take with her when she leaves home?
(a) Dolly, Ben, Annushka.
(b) Dolly, Ben, Andrea.
(c) Dolly, Ben, Alexandra.
(d) Dolly, Ben, Alicia.

3. What does Sergei, a servant, toss at the bear?
(a) Red-hot coals.
(b) Boiling water.
(c) Ice water.
(d) Fish.

4. What does Frank ask Lisa to do?
(a) Wear her hair in plaits.
(b) Wear her hair in pigtails.
(c) Wear her hair in a bun.
(d) Cut her hair.

5. Frank informs Selwyn about Miss Kinsman, mainly to check what?
(a) His own understanding of the incident.
(b) Whether he should contact her.
(c) What Selwyn knew of her.
(d) If he should hire a governess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in Chapter 10, Frank learns Miss Kinsman has left for where?

2. What room does the bear begin to tear apart?

3. When Frank asks Miss Kinsman what she seeks, what is her reply?

4. Frank's father, Bert, dies when?

5. Which two individuals make a knowing comment to Frank about his hiring Lisa so soon after Nellie leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place the morning before Charlie is to return to England and Frank is en route to catch the morning tram for work?

2. What does Frank do with the man he finds has broken into his business?

3. What steps does Frank take to retrieve his children after receiving a phone call from the Alexander Station?

4. Although born and raised in Moscow, where does Frank receive his adult education?

5. What does Frank do once the police have left his business?

6. What are the various members of the Reid household staff doing upon Frank's arrival home after collecting his children at the station master's home?

7. What are Frank's plans for spring cleaning of his residence in Moscow that appear in Chapter 26?

8. What is Frank's answer to Selwyn in Chapter 10 when he asks how his book, Birch Tree Thoughts, is going?

9. In a later conversation between Frank and Dolly, what do they discuss concerning her mother?

10. When Frank tells Lisa he is sorry she never managed to study, what transpires next?

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