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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the average number of people per hut in Khrushchev's home town?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

2. How many missions does Lyonia fly before being shot down?
(a) 48.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 15.

3. What does Bolshevik demand political leaders to be?
(a) From the upper class.
(b) Liberals.
(c) Highly educated.
(d) Cultural Rulers.

4. What is life like for Khrushchev and the other men in the barracks?
(a) Constant fear.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Brutal.

5. Why does Khrushchev walk everywhere he goes?
(a) He does not trust street cars.
(b) He cannot afford transportation.
(c) He enjoys the exercise.
(d) There is no transportation available.

6. In 1953, approximately how many people die in labor camps?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 1 billion.
(d) 2.5 million.

7. When is Trotsky exiled?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1927.

8. When is Khrushchev born?
(a) April 15, 1908.
(b) April 15, 1894.
(c) June 23, 1884.
(d) October 1, 1921.

9. At the academy, how many words of a foreign language are students supposed to learn?
(a) 500-700.
(b) 200-300.
(c) 800-1,000.
(d) 1,500-2,000.

10. Where does Khrushchev's family live in luxury?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Dnieper.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Byelorussia.

11. What happens to Zhdanov and Voznesnsky in 1950?
(a) Raise in power.
(b) Assassinated.
(c) Sentenced to death.
(d) Rewarded by Stalin.

12. As party secretary for the school, what group does Khrushchev join?
(a) Mensheciks.
(b) Bolshevik elite.
(c) Ninth Army Political Department.
(d) Rabfak.

13. During Chapter 7, where does Khrushchev's family flee to?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Kharkov.
(d) Stalingrad.

14. Who are Khrushchev's parents?
(a) Sergei and Lazar .
(b) Sergei and Ksenih.
(c) Ksenih and Vera.
(d) Ksenih and Nedezhda.

15. In Chapter 9, how do the Politburo colleagues perceive Malenkov?
(a) A threat.
(b) Weak.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lenin in 1922 that leaves him an invalid until his death?

2. What do Zhdanov and Voznesnsky form after the Old Guard falls?

3. Where does Stalin spend his time after his strokes?

4. What political positions does Khrushchev hold?

5. When does Khrushchev become a full member of the Central Committee?

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