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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May to July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marina remember that Alyona had an obsession with eating when she was 5?
(a) Cucumbers.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Peanuts.

2. How long does it take a forest to recover after a fire?
(a) 80 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 70 years.

3. How much older is Ruslan than Ksyusha?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 13 months.

4. What is the only time that the land route south from Palana is passable?
(a) April to July.
(b) May to August.
(c) December to February.
(d) January to March.

5. By what time on New Year's is Lada well on her way to drunk?
(a) 7 p.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marina win the Kamchatka Regional Prize for her reporting?

2. When does Chander tell Ksyusha that an Even girl disappeared?

3. Where does Valentina Nikolaevna have a blister that never heals?

4. Where does Oksana work?

5. What has Zoya made for her husband for breakfast at the beginning of the section "April"?

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