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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. What does Bert die of?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Violent protest in Moscow.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Old age.

2. When the cheating overseer asks for his internal passport, what is Frank's response?
(a) Withholds it until he agrees to pay the employees back.
(b) Withholds it until he pays the employees back.
(c) Withholds it from him.
(d) Gives it to him.

3. Why does Frank select a taxi that appears as though it were just starting for the day rather than one that was running all night?
(a) The operator driving all night is likely to have been drinking.
(b) The taxi just starting would move faster.
(c) The taxi running all night is more likely to break down.
(d) The taxi just starting is more likely to be clean.

4. When Frank asks Miss Kinsman what she seeks, what is her reply?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Only a position in Frank's household.
(c) Only Frank's address.
(d) Only a position with Frank's firm.

5. Which two individuals make a knowing comment to Frank about his hiring Lisa so soon after Nellie leaves?
(a) Kuriatin and Toma.
(b) Kuriatin and Cherkovsky.
(c) Tvyordov and Toma.
(d) Kuriatin and Tvyordov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town does Lisa come from?

2. Who is advancing in power in Russia, appears to be very corrupt, and concerns Frank?

3. As Frank departs the Chaplaincy, Miss Kinsman follows how closely?

4. Who introduces Frank to Muriel Kinsman?

5. In Chapter 2, Frank receives a call informing him his children are being taken care of where?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Lisa brings the children in to say goodnight to him following his arrival home late one evening, what does Frank do?

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

3. What takes place at four in the afternoon, the very first day Bernov arrives for work?

4. The same evening of the morning Charlie accompanies Frank to the tram stop, how does he modify his request to take the children to England?

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

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

7. What concerns Frank following Mitya's party?

8. When Charlie arrives at the station, what is it Frank first inquires about?

9. What noticeable change is there in Nellie's attitude once she arrives in Moscow?

10. What are some examples of Nellie Cooper's lack of enthusiasm for the things she does?

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