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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. At the tea-room Kuriatin has invited Frank to, waiters career about wheeling large teapots about like what?
2. Dolly tells Frank her mother sent the children back for what reason?
3. What is Lisa employed in at Muirka's?
4. Frank was born where?
5. What does Mitya give the dancing bear to drink at the party?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is it Frank can see in Chapter 24 regarding the impression Volodya has made upon Lisa?
3. What initially transpires when Charlie wires that he will be arriving in Moscow?
4. What steps does Frank take to retrieve his children after receiving a phone call from the Alexander Station?
5. 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?
6. What actions does Lisa take that very much please Frank when he arrives home quite late one evening?
7. What does Frank do once the police have left his business?
8. 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?
9. Why is it Mrs. Kuriatin readily agrees to have Dolly and Ben come after school to Mitya's party?
10. What significant background does the author provide regarding Selwyn Crane in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Frank so concerned that the break-in to Reid Press might become a major security matter, when he had considered taking the police with him to investigate the night before? How skillful is Frank in preventing the burglary from escalating to that level? What are Frank's aims?
Essay Topic 2
In the first chapter Penelope Fitzgerald introduces the reader to a number of important characters. Who is Nellie Reid? How does the story center on her? Who is Frank Reid? What does he do in the first chapter? How does Selwyn Crane come into the story? What role does he play? What member of the Reid household is Toma?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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