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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth's mother keep saying about Ivan?
(a) That he wouldn't make a good husband.
(b) That he shouldn't have left for Russia.
(c) That he doesn't act like a young man in love.
(d) That he isn't right for Ruth.

2. What did Ivan not speak to his father about?
(a) All of these.
(b) His frustrations.
(c) His dreams.
(d) His yearnings and hopes

3. What had been the burden on Ivan's shoulders?
(a) Fulfilling his parents expectations of him.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Coming to America.
(d) Both of these.

4. What do his classmates call Vanya?
(a) Shid.
(b) Zhed.
(c) Zhid.
(d) Zaid.

5. What did Ivan do when his father chastised him for spending time on running?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) He skipped his finals.
(c) He ran around lake Olya.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the message on the piece of paper?

2. What did Vanya like about the way Americans spoke?

3. What justification did Vanya give for the clearing?

4. What did Vanya's father lose?

5. What did Vanya find in the clearing?

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