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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Valentina Nikolaevna have a blister that never heals?
(a) Back.
(b) Chest.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Buttocks.

2. When did Sophia and Alyona's mother say there had been an earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1997.

3. When there was a fuel crisis in 1998, how long was Palana without power?
(a) A year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 or 4 months.
(d) 10 months.

4. How far does Alisha have to travel to get to the university?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

5. How far do Valentina and her family have to drive to their dacha in the countryside?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 50 minutes.
(d) 15 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Chander?

2. How old was Katya's mother when Katya was 10?

3. In August, how old is Alyona?

4. If Sophia and Alyona had kept walking along the shoreline in "August," how many story tall apartment buildings would they have seen?

5. What is the only time that the land route south from Palana is passable?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Alisa and Ksyusha?

2. In "August," how have Alyona and Sophia spent their summer vacation?

3. What does Ksyusha's family do for a living, and how did she join them as a child?

4. When did Valentina's parents move to Kamchatka, and what was her childhood like?

5. Why does Valentina think that the Golosovky girls might be with their father?

6. Who asks Alyona and Sophia for help as they walk home in "August"?

7. What does Olya see as she leaves her apartment to go to see Diana?

8. Who is Ruslan?

9. What does Olya's mother do for a living, and why is Olya on her own a lot?

10. What does Max forget for the camping trip he and Katya take, and how does she feel?

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