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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the individual Frank surprises say he is doing after hours?

2. At tea at Selwyn's with Charlie, Dolly suddenly states, "Uncle Charlie wants to take us back with him to Norbury," and also adds what?

3. What does Mrs. Graham suggest to Frank regarding Lisa?

4. After Lisa and the children depart on Palm Sunday, Frank gets a call from which division within the Ministry of Defense?

5. When Frank meets them across the square on Palm Sunday, what do the children do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before Lisa has even arrived for her first day of employment at the Reid home Kuriatin imparts what Frank believes is a comment on his hiring her. What is it that Kuriatin relates, and how does Frank regard it? What is it that Tvyordov does that is similar? How does Frank view what Tvyordov does? What concerns Frank?

Essay Topic 2

During the course of the conversation Frank has with Dolly over her writing a letter to her mother, what does the reader learn that she thinks of Nellie? How does Dolly view Nellie's decision to get married and have children? What sort of way is that for a ten-year-old child to think? Does it seem unusual for Dolly?

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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