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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 interviews Lisa Ivanovna, how do Dolly and Ben seem to take to her?
(a) Not too easily.
(b) Very easily.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Slowly initially.

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

3. What room does the bear begin to tear apart?
(a) Living room.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Foyer.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Selwyn inadvertently leave behind?
(a) His coat.
(b) His umbrella.
(c) His hat.
(d) His briefcase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Frank's father's trade?

2. As she asks for his address, Frank offers to escort Miss Kinsman where?

3. After reading Nellie's letter, what does Frank tell his staff?

4. During his talk with Selwyn, Frank appears to be concentrating too much on what?

5. Frank realizes it would have been better if Selwyn had been what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an interesting contrast between Frank Reid and Selwyn Crane?

2. Subsequent to his questioning by the Security Police, while walking with Volodya after they exit the Ministry of Defense in a brief discussion, Frank spots something across the square that prompts him to do what next?

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

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

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

6. What concerns Frank following Mitya's party?

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

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

9. What is it Frank can see in Chapter 24 regarding the impression Volodya has made upon Lisa?

10. 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?

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