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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frank work in Frankfurt, Germany?

2. How frequently does Frank wire Charlie about Nellie?

3. Frank does not see the outside world making a sufficient impression on Lisa for her to cry over what?

4. Kuriatin calls asking Frank to have dinner with him at what very noisy tea-room?

5. Who is getting a bear cub as a present?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

7. What are some ways Penelope Fitzgerald shows Frank knows how to deal with Russians?

8. What sort of business transaction does Frank have with Kuriatin in Chapter 8 that now appears to be repeating itself in Chapter 12?

9. What sort of character is Mrs. Graham shown to be in Chapter 18?

10. What initially transpires when Charlie wires that he will be arriving in Moscow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Critical in Chapter 12 are the feelings Frank has toward Lisa. How does Penelope Fitzgerald accomplish revealing the state Frank finds himself in? What is the capability Frank has in recognizing and dealing with his instinctive emotions?

Essay Topic 2

How does Frank learn what it is that supposedly prompted Nellie to leave Moscow? What was her aim? What explanation does Frank offer as being the reason why he is unable to accept what he has been told induced Nellie to go? What is the possible elucidation Frank is offered?

Essay Topic 3

What is the albatross of printing machinery that Frank inherits upon his father's death? Why is it a burden to Frank? How is he approaching the matter? What appears to be the outcome?

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