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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. Frank was born where?
2. What else does Nellie admit to soon after meeting Frank?
3. After collecting his children where he finds them, Frank takes them where?
4. Frank initially takes on an apprenticeship where upon finishing his courses?
5. How frequently does Frank wire Charlie about Nellie?
Short Essay Questions
1. What significant background does the author provide regarding Selwyn Crane in Chapter 3?
2. What transpires in Frank's and Nellie's lives between the time they marry and Frank's parents' deaths?
3. What does Frank do after they leave the Defense Ministry that apparently prompts Volodya to suggest they forgive each other, and how does Frank initially respond?
4. Where does Frank encounter Reverend Graham?
5. Why does Frank make the effort to go up and down the street where Reid Press is located?
6. The same evening of the morning Charlie accompanies Frank to the tram stop, how does he modify his request to take the children to England?
7. What sort of description does Penelope Fitzgerald provide of Tvyordov, the chief compositor?
8. Why does Frank not give his address to Miss Kinsman?
9. What initially transpires when Charlie wires that he will be arriving in Moscow?
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
What background regarding Nellie does the reader gain in Chapter 3? Where does Frank meet her? Describe her unique personality. How does she approach life? What are examples of this?
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 primary objective Charlie seeks in coming to Moscow? In what ways does Charlie attempt to achieve this goal? Once he departs in his return to Norbury, how do Frank and his children feel?
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