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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. Who is getting a bear cub as a present?
2. In the novel's opening paragraph, Nellie has taken her three children and left, presumably for where?
3. Nellie has her pregnancies in what sequence in Germany?
4. What is the name of Frank's company?
5. In what year is Offshore, Human Voices, the Beginning of Spring set?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Frank's answer to Selwyn in Chapter 10 when he asks how his book, Birch Tree Thoughts, is going?
2. How does Frank view the long-term outlook for foreign businessmen in Moscow?
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. In his conversation with Selwyn concerning Miss Kinsman, why is it Frank does not seem to see that Selwyn is attempting to tell him something?
5. At supper on the day Charlie returns to England, what is Lisa's response, when prodded by Frank, to Ben's inquiry regarding how it is better for women now than it was ten years ago?
6. Why is it Mrs. Kuriatin readily agrees to have Dolly and Ben come after school to Mitya's party?
7. What are some examples of Nellie Cooper's lack of enthusiasm for the things she does?
8. What are some of the proposals the new cost accountant, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, offers on his first day of work at Reid Press?
9. Where does Frank encounter Reverend Graham?
10. What custom does Lisa partake in on the day prior to Palm Sunday that surprises Frank?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What is the interesting juxtaposition Chapter 16 reflects between traditions under which Reid Press has been operating, and the urgings of Bernov, the modern cost accountant? Explain the contrasts.
Essay Topic 3
Between Chapters 9 and 10, the readers get a good view of the wife of the English chaplain. How does the author expose Mrs. Graham's interest in the matters of everyone within Moscow's English community? In what way does she reflect Mrs. Graham's level of honesty with Frank in their discussion about Miss Kinsman and her recommending her for the possible position as the Reid governess?
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