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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 much did Nadia pay to fly to Palana?

2. What does Lada decide to eat after drinking a lot on New Year's Eve?

3. How much younger is Chegga than Nadia?

4. By what time on New Year's is Lada well on her way to drunk?

5. How far does Revmira have to walk to the bus stop to go to work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lada remember doing for Masha's 12th birthday?

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

4. How long have Natasha and Yuri been married, and what is their life like?

5. What does Masha look like when she arrives for the New Year's Eve party?

6. What happens to Artyom?

7. What is Denis obssesed with?

8. What work does Revmira do?

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

10. What happened to Lilia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people? How does changing the point of view in the last chapter affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

Valentina has a blister that does not heal over several months. When does Valentina become concerned about the blister? What does a doctor tell her to do about the blister? What does the blister symbolize to Valentina?

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