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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 close to home do the herders from Esso drive the deer in early summer?

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

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

4. What does Chander's family do for a living?

5. When Oksana and Katya went on a work retreat in August, how long did they have to walk through a marsh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Valentina and her family go on the weekends?

2. Who is Ruslan?

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

4. What does Valentina have on her chest?

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

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

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

8. What happens when Alyona and Sophia get a ride with a man to their apartment?

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

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

Alyona and Sophia are prisoners in a house outside of Esso. Why is Sophia upset? How does Alyona try to comfort and reassure her? What is communicated about strength and survival through Alyona’s words and actions?

Essay Topic 2

Nadia leaves Esso after a pipe breaks in the rental house she shares with her boyfriend and daughter. Why does the pipe breaking exasperate Nadia? How is it the last problem she wants to deal with in a series of problems? Why does she feel the need to escape? Does she find the freedom she is looking for?

Essay Topic 3

Kyusha has a steady boyfriend. What is Kyusha’s relationship like with Ruslan? Why does she become interested in Chander? What do the relationships with the two men reveal about Kyusha’s identity and sense of self?

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