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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. How far does Valentina have to walk to the surgery?

2. How long of a break is there between classes ending and the dance practice beginning for Ksyusha and Alisa?

3. How far away could the quake be felt that took place in a story Alyona tells in "August"?

4. How old is Chander?

5. How old is Sophia in August?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Sophia like?

4. What happens in the night when Katya and Max are sleeping on their camping trip?

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

6. Why does Katya think that her Suzuki will be a terrible sleeping quarters?

7. What does Valentina Nikolaevna tells Olya when Olya calls to see about visiting Diana?

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

9. What does Alisa want Ksyusha to join and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors employ to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help reader’s imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 2

Revmira lost her first husband when she was in her 20s. How did Revmira lose her first husband? How has that loss affected her life even decades later? How does she lose her second husband? How does Revmira deal with the tragedies in her life? How does she deal with her second loss differently than with her first?

Essay Topic 3

Natasha’s husband, Yuri, spends six months away from home in the military. How does Natasha describe her marriage when her husband is home and when he is away? Why is their marriage better for the separations they endure?

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