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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters XVI and XVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leo says that life is easier when ________.
(a) He is in the dark.
(b) He is with Kira.
(c) The end is in sight.
(d) He is all alone.

2. Why do Kira and her family flee?
(a) Disease.
(b) War.
(c) Crime.
(d) Lack of jobs.

3. How do Kira and Leo travel?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By foot.
(d) By ship.

4. Who interrupts Leo and Kira's trip?
(a) Kira's family.
(b) Andrei.
(c) A communist officer.
(d) Victor.

5. What happens to Kira at the Institute?
(a) She stops going to class.
(b) She wins an award.
(c) She graduates.
(d) She gets expelled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kira's family travel on the "threshold of a box car"?

2. Why does Kira ask Andrei if he feels like he is missing something?

3. Who tells Kira to "get her claws" into Leo?

4. What happens to Alexander's business?

5. How does Victor respond to Kira's plans for her life?

(see the answer key)

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