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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. When Frank asks Miss Kinsman what she seeks, what is her reply?

2. When does the wood arrive at Reid Press?

3. Where is Miss Kinsman returning to when Frank meets her?

4. Mrs. Graham tells Frank she would never suggest Miss Kinsman as a governess as she knows what?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Selwyn have concern about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Graham steer her conversation with Frank when he comes back to discuss Miss Kinsman?

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

3. What steps does Frank take to retrieve his children after receiving a phone call from the Alexander Station?

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

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

6. Why is it reasonable to describe the midnight scene in the woods surrounding the Reid dacha as the most mysterious in the novel?

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

8. In the first paragraph of Chapter 1, what situation occurs, the resolution of which is the main thrust of the tale?

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

10. Why is it Mrs. Kuriatin readily agrees to have Dolly and Ben come after school to Mitya's party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What does Dolly ask of her father the day before Charlie arrives? What are Frank's reply and his reason given? What does it turn out is the true motivation for denying the children? What information does Frank obtain upon meeting Charlie?

Essay Topic 3

How does Chapter 22 reflect the aggressive nature the Russian bureaucracy maintains in this era? Why is it Frank appears to accept its intrusion in his life with equanimity when facing the Security Police, but in Chapter 6 it reflects his concern about the changes transpiring between the government and those governed, and the projected outlook for foreigners like himself?

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