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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. During his talk with Selwyn, Frank appears to be concentrating too much on what?
(a) Nellie.
(b) Miss Kinsman.
(c) Himself.
(d) His children.

2. What property does Frank desire to sell?
(a) A lot next to Reid Press.
(b) A small residence in Germany.
(c) The property where the gigantic press is located.
(d) A storage unit next to Reid Press.

3. What is Frank doing when he receives the letter from Nellie in the opening chapter?
(a) Walking home.
(b) Drinking tea.
(c) Leaving home for work.
(d) Busy at his work place.

4. Frank does not see the outside world making a sufficient impression on Lisa for her to cry over what?
(a) Being alone in the city.
(b) Cutting her hair.
(c) Leaving her job at Muirka's.
(d) Living in his home.

5. Frank realizes it would have been better if Selwyn had been what?
(a) Asked for his view on the candidates.
(b) Included in the final decision.
(c) Initially asked for possible prospects.
(d) Present for the interviews.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dolly respond to his comment?

2. 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?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Penelope Fitzgerald set the stage for Lisa's and Dolly's mysterious encounter in the woods surrounding the Reid dacha?

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

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

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

6. Why does Frank make the effort to go up and down the street where Reid Press is located?

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

8. What are the two curious questions that Frank and Lisa ask each other during his interview of her for the position of governess?

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

10. 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?

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