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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 old was Zoya when her mother's new man bought the apartment for her?

2. When was Roswell?

3. When did the Voronezh incident occur?

4. Where does Yegor offer to take Lada on New Year's Eve?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the construction site at the end of the section "April"?

2. What is being built and by whom that Zoya can see from her apartment balcony?

3. How does Nadia describe the rental house where they live with Chegga, and why does she decide she has had enough?

4. What does Nadia decide to do at the end of the section "March"?

5. What does Palana look like when Nadia and Mila fly there?

6. What type of work does Artyom do?

7. When and why did Zoya first move to the neighborhood where her apartment is?

8. What happened to Lilia?

9. How had Lada and Masha been friends?

10. How did Nadia meet Chegga, and what did her parents think of him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why do Alyona, Sophia, and Olya have to spend a lot of time on their own? Why is it dangerous for them to be without adult supervision?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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