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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. At what age does Khrushchev begin an apprenticeship with a fitter?

2. How does the party test Khrushchev's loyalty in 1930?

3. Where does Khrushchev's family live in luxury?

4. Why does Stalin force his company to drink excessively?

5. Why is Sergei in a body cast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does Khrushchev's ability to tell stories have while trying to make connections?

2. As leader of Moscow's smallest district, how does Khrushchev prove himself?

3. What is the state of the Soviet Union in 1964?

4. What is Khrushchev involved in once he moves to Kharlov?

5. Why does Khrushchev begin to defend the people against his own government?

6. Why does Khrushchev feel too inexperienced to head the Ukrainian Party?

7. Why should Khrushchev have listened to his children's warnings of conspiracy?

8. What occurs as the Old Guard falls?

9. Why does Khrushchev's family flee Kiev?

10. What type of students attend the academy that Khrushchev was accepted into?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 1 begins at the end. What is the purpose of this literary method? What information is presented that may assist with understanding the rest of the book?

Essay Topic 2

How is Khrushchev's rise in leadership while he is in school described? What does he do to achieve this status? How does this effect his schooling? Who tests his loyalty and how is it tested?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Khrushchev and Malenkov relationships. Is this friendship genuine? Why or why not? Is the relationship politically motivated? Explain your answer.

Discuss why this would be significant in the time after the fall of the Old Guard.

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