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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. Bert informs Frank he recently hires an accountant who is also what?
(a) A banker.
(b) A poet.
(c) A manager.
(d) A stock broker.

2. What town does Lisa come from?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Valdimir
(c) Azov.
(d) Baksan.

3. Dolly tells Frank her mother sent the children back for what reason?
(a) They were not a comfort to her.
(b) She was ill.
(c) She did not have sufficient funds to support them.
(d) She had run out of funds.

4. Where does Frank meet Kuriatin to discuss the issue when he fails to provide the wood?
(a) The steam room at the baths.
(b) Frank's office at Reid Press.
(c) Kuriatin's office.
(d) Kuriatin's home.

5. Frank's father, Bert, dies when?
(a) Autumn, 1905.
(b) Winter, 1905.
(c) Spring, 1905.
(d) Summer, 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank calls whom immediately after reading Nellie's letter?

2. The Reid family home in Russia burns down how far in the riots?

3. Frank informs Selwyn about Miss Kinsman, mainly to check what?

4. What is Lisa employed in at Muirka's?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What transpires after Frank receives a telephone call from the Security Police on Palm Sunday?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What transpires in Frank's and Nellie's lives between the time they marry and Frank's parents' deaths?

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

10. What sort of description does Penelope Fitzgerald provide of Tvyordov, the chief compositor?

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