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

2. What else does Nellie admit to soon after meeting Frank?
(a) She does not like dancing very much.
(b) She does not like drinking very much.
(c) She does not like anything very much.
(d) She does not like singing very much.

3. In Chapter 13, what does Selwyn have concern about?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Frank's children.
(c) The giant press.
(d) His book.

4. In Chapter 2, Frank receives a call informing him his children are being taken care of where?
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The train station.
(c) The police station.
(d) The station master's home.

5. Although born and raised in Russia, Frank is viewed by everyone as what?
(a) German businessman.
(b) Polish businessman.
(c) Russian businessman.
(d) English businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Whom is Nellie living with when she meets Frank in Norbury?

3. As Lisa cut her hair at Frank's request, Dolly says he ought to what?

4. How does Frank decide whether or not to take a police inspector to the office with him after hours?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Selwyn inadvertently leave behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frank not give his address to Miss Kinsman?

2. What is Rusalochka's like?

3. What does the reader learn in Chapter 26 regarding the reasons why Nellie left Moscow with her three children in the initial chapter?

4. What prompts Frank to ask Nellie if he should get crosses for Dolly and Ben following Annushka's birth?

5. Dolly is very clingy on the morning the children return from their visit to the dacha with Lisa, but Lisa is not with them, so Frank allows her to stay with him until noon when he takes her home and they encounter what?

6. What custom does Lisa partake in on the day prior to Palm Sunday that surprises Frank?

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

8. How does Frank view the long-term outlook for foreign businessmen in Moscow?

9. What are some of the proposals the new cost accountant, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, offers on his first day of work at Reid Press?

10. How is it that Frank learns the reason why in Chapter 26 the Defense Ministry not only releases him from responsibility for Volodya, but also encourages him to depart Russia at his earliest opportunity?

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