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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the quickest way to the Reid dacha after getting off at the nearby village railroad station?

2. How does Frank reply as Lisa enters the room with the two men and says in Russian, she did not plan to stay knowing he wants to talk with Charlie?

3. The night prior to Charlie leaving, when he suggests Lisa accompany him with the children en route home to ease Frank's mind, Frank asks what?

4. When Frank inquires, how does Lisa say she knows Volodya?

5. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, Frank's new cost accountant, offers ideas that would increase profitability, but that would what?

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

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 3

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?

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